Engineering With an increasing number of natural disasters being driven by climate change, weather is becoming a constant challenge for utility companies. Grid hardening is a common practice amongst utilities to not only assess potential risks in the power grid, but also take strategic action to proactively mitigate these risks, harden utility infrastructure, …
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Hurricane Utility Damage Last week Hurricane Ian, a category 4 hurricane, made its way up the east coast of the United States, decimating parts of Fort Meyers and Naples, and wreaking havoc on coastline communities. In the days and hours prior to this catastrophic hurricane making landfall in Southwest Florida, the mobilization of crews and damage assessors began, so that …
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Maverick News Maverick Corporation is set to attend the ISE Expo in Denver, Colorado on August 24 and 25th, 2022. The Expo is focused on bringing like-minded companies together to discuss and explore Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The ISE Expo focuses on “showcasing the next wave of innovative technological solutions that will help transf …
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Storm Damage Utility Restoration SOURCE: Detroit News A day of summer-like warmth in Michigan spawned storms on the state’s west side that left thousands without power late Monday. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts near 40 mph in Muskegon, Ottawa and Kent counties. Half-inch hail fell in Holland and tree limbs were toppled in Niles, according to the weather servi …
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Snow Storm Utility Damage SOURCE: FOX 13 LOGAN, Utah — Thousands of households were without power Tuesday morning after Utah’s first winter-like storm on the year passed through overnight. Rocky Mountain Power’s outage map showed just under 2,600 households without power as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, down from a peak of 13,000 earlier in the morning, with the majority of …
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SOURCE: ABC 57 According to the Indiana Michigan Power Outage Map, there are 16,143 customer power outages that currently exist across Michiana as of 11:44 p.m. on Monday. 1,628 customers have been without power in neighborhoods near Berrien Springs High School since approximately 7:13 p.m. on Monday, according to the outage map. The estimated restor …
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