Here’s our top 10 stories from the week: With all the fierce storms, should utilities be buried underground? — link National Grid investing in Exodigo -link Inflation Reduction Act: Increased Electrification and Resulting Utility Implications — link Locate Management Institute of Canada Adopts PointMan as Part of Its Training Program for Underground Facility Locators — link SAM Announces Acquisition of …
UA / ISSUE 19
This has been a busy week for us here at Competers, but we’re glad to be back with another Utility Alert. Here’s our top 10 stories from the week: The Benign Energy Dictatorship: link Prep work along the Nimitz Highway: link Using AI to optimize the value of co-located solar and energy storage: link Relocating underground infrastructure for red line …
UA / ISSUE 18
We’re at the Texas811 Damage Prevention Summit this week in Denton, but that doesn’t mean the news stop. Here’s are top 10 stories of the week: Gas line break on Old North Road in Hudson causes road closure: link How far down the iceberg are you? link CAG report exposes fault lines in city’s underground utility mapping: link Watch: The …
UA / ISSUE 17
As the damage prevention industry continues to evolve, we’ll continue to track it. Here’s this week’s top stories: More than 1.8 million Florida utility customers without power: link Caterpillar has released two new Mini Hydraulic Excavator (MHE) Ease of Use technologies — Indicate and E-Fence: link Bill to accelerate undergrounding of power lines awaits Newsom’s signature: link With month-long event, …
UA / ISSUE 16
Here’s 10 of this weeks top stories in the Utility Locate and Damage Prevention industries:. 4M Analytics raises $30M to map US underground utility infrastructure: link Water distribution shutdowns point to issues: link Broadband funding for Native communities could finally connect some of America’s most isolated places: link Schlumberger launches Enterprise Data Solution powered by Microsoft Energy Data Services: link Sinkhole safety: link Geoff Zeiss’ …
UA / ISSUE 15
Utility Alert is back with another weekly update from the world of utility locating! Feel free to drop a comment below if you have more info on any of the stories we’re covering this week. FirstEnergy Named Top Utility for Economic Development by Site Selection Magazine for Fourth Year in a Row: link Wisconsin utilities brace for potential fallout of rail …
UA / ISSUE 14
Are you interested in Damage Prevention and Utility Locating? Here’s 10 stories you might have missed from this week: What are your obligations as an excavator?: link Project to replace nearly 20,000 feet of waterlines about to begin in Floyd County: link CGA Announces Susan O’Malley as Keynote of 2023 CGA Conference & Expo: link New Approach to Pipe Burst Prevention is Welcome …
UA / ISSUE 13
Here’s the latest 10 stories we found from this week in the damage prevention & utility sectors: Gas line severed on Monday: link Lansing, Michigan, Utility Brings Gas Plant Online To Replace Retired Coal Plant: link Berlin to use RAISE grant to embrace upgrade subsurface utilities and heat streets with Burgess BioPower energy: link Portland, ME – High Street closed after construction crew …
UA / ISSUE 12
Issue 12 of Utility Alert is here with 10 of the most interesting stories of the week from the Utility Locating & Damage Prevention industries: Utilities slow to identify buried infrastructure, delay construction in northeast Ontario: link Tri-County Electric Cooperative Sees Gains in Reliability with Situational Awareness Software: link PPL Electric Utilities Earns 2022 POWER Magazine Smart Grid Award: link BWL Celebrates New …
UA / ISSUE 11
What a crazy week this has been, but we’re back on time to keep you up to date with what is going on in the utility & damage prevention worlds! Check out our top 10 stories of the week and subscribe if you haven’t already. The Importance of Working with an Experienced Private Utility Locator: link Watch: Why Underground Cable Locating …