• Home

    • Disaster Response

    Plan, respond, and restore: electric utilities rising to the occasion with grid resilience, hardening and mutual aid.

    Recent

    Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
    CenterPoint Energy
    Providing Mutual Assistance
    Michael Champ
    CenterPoint Energy/Twitter
    TUC

    Highlights

    Photo 326850110 © Brett Hondow | Dreamstime.com
    carports collapsed after Hurricane Beryl
    Disaster Response

    Backlash from Beryl: CenterPoint Faces Scrutiny but Restores Power in Record Time

    July 25, 2024
    Any time a weather disaster hits the U.S, causing catastrophic damage and power outages, we see scrutiny of the utility response.
    Photo by Con Edison.
    Transmission Reliability

    Planning for the Extreme

    June 3, 2024
    Con Edison’s resilience plan is meant to prevent and mitigate outages, protect public safety, and reduce customer impacts and inconvenience.
    Podcasts

    Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Reflecting on a Tragic Night and Resilient Recovery

    May 10, 2024
    In this audio story, Marty T. Ivy, general superintendent, shares how Mayfield Electric & Water Systems navigated devastation and outages in the aftermath of a fatal tornado in...
    Photo 45185698 © Noamfein | Dreamstime.com
    Transmission Reliability

    Texas’ Long Road to Reliability

    April 1, 2024
    Texas has emerged from two winter storms in the three years since Uri with no major issues, but recommended reliability plans are still not fully implemented.
    Photo 192410037 © Oleksii Kononenko | Dreamstime.com
    Disaster Response

    Electric Service Restored in Donetsk, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk After Russian Shelling

    March 8, 2024
    Power has been restored to 426,000 families in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions and in the city of Kyiv.

    Recommended

    Tdw Wf E Book 630x354v2
    Resources

    Wildfire Risk Mitigation

    Feb. 16, 2022
    Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
    Twitter/CenterPoint Energy
    Disaster Response

    AccuWeather Releases Preliminary Estimate of the Total Damage and Economic Loss from Hurricane Beryl

    July 10, 2024
    Beryl impacted the Eastern Caribbean Islands as a major Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, resulting in major...
    Entergy Texas
    Disaster Response

    Entergy Texas Anticipates Restoring Power to 50% of Customers Affected by Hurricane Beryl by End of Day Wednesday

    July 10, 2024
    The restoration efforts are prioritizing the hardest-hit areas, where it may take up to a week to fully reinstate electricity due to the extent of damage sustained.
    CenterPoint Energy/Twitter
    Disaster Response

    Hurricane Beryl Ravages Texas Coast, Leaving Widespread Damage and Power Outages

    July 8, 2024
    The impact on the power grid has been severe, with more than 2 million customers in the Houston area left without electricity.
    Duke Energy
    Disaster Response

    Duke Energy Increases Resiliency and Strengthens Grid Ahead of the 2024 Hurricane Season

    July 8, 2024
    More than 70% of Duke Energy Florida customers benefit from self-healing and automated restoration technologies.