Beyond Poles and Wires: The New Economics of Grid Resilience
For decades, “grid investment” meant replacing old wood with new wood. In 2026, a “modern” grid is defined by its digital intelligence, not just its physical strength. Read More
America’s Power Grid Is Becoming a Bottleneck forGrowth – Who’s Responsible for Fixing It?
The U.S. electric grid was engineered for a 20th-century economy, and it now underpins a 21st-century digital one. And the mismatch is becoming a real economic risk. Read More
Why "Resource Adequacy" is the New Utility Mantra
For the past decade, electricity load growth was largely flat. Today, utilities nationwide are scrambling to meet an exponential surge in demand driven by AI data centers and a manufacturing renaissance. Read More
Super Bowl Surprise: The Electric Grid Front and Center
When Bad Bunny took the stage at the Super Bowl halftime show, the visuals were impossible to ignore. Amidst the spectacle, the dancers dangling from stylized power poles weren’t just props; they were a visceral reminder of the fragility of the infrastructure that powers our lives. Read More
Boosting Resiliency for Smart Grids
In this rapidly changing, modern day digital landscape, ensuring the full reliability and resiliency of the smart grid is a growing challenge. How do we ensure the system will be able to “bounce back” and recover effectively from an outage? Read More
Understanding Electromagnetic Pulse Implications
The threat of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is a matter that isn’t top of mind for most, but is critical in long-term protection and survival of modern electrical grid. So, what is an EMP? Read More
Big Data’s Emphasis on Value Over Volume
In today’s landscape where big data refers to predictive analytics, user behavior analytics or other advanced analytical methods, the size of the data set is no longer the defining characteristic, rather it’s the value that is most important. Read More
Life With Load Shedding
Load shedding has been top of mind for many of us here in South Africa, but many around the world may not realize the impact it can have on daily life. So here is some insight into what life is like with load shedding. Read More
Smart City Executions Need Centralized Infrastructure
The global trend toward smart cities continues to rise. The benefits of incorporating the Internet of Things (IoT) into city-wide infrastructure are widely agreed. The best path to converting a city into a smart city though, is more variable. Read More
Data Must Fall
The #DataMustFall campaign is a grassroots movement on social media to draw attention to, and hopefully impact, the high cost of data in South Africa. Since 2016, consumers have been touting their dissatisfaction over the unfair expense of high data prices and the imbalanced effect it has on lower income community members. Read More
The Promises of Wi‑Fi 6
The next generation Wi-Fi standard, IEEE 802.11ax—branded by the Wi-Fi Alliance as “Wi-Fi 6”—promises faster connections and better performance. Read More