William Atkinson

According to two reports from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on the growth of baseload generation, renewables will continue their strong upswing, and coal will continue to decline. The EIA’s first report...

A rare December tornado that ripped through Kentucky, Tennessee and several other states on Dec. 10, 2021, left communities—especially those across western Kentucky—completely devastated. Fifteen counties in Kentucky have...

In December 2021, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Washington, D.C., announced the formation of the National Electric Highway Coalition (NEHC), which merges the Electric Highway Coalition and the Midwest Electric Vehicle...

In July 2021, the Holland Board of Public Works (HBPW) in Michigan announced that its newest utility truck was going to be a hybrid vehicle, which is cleaner, quieter and less expensive to maintain than traditional utility...

A December 2021 report from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) offered some good news for the construction industry: construction employment increased by 31,000 jobs between October and November 2021, with...

As has been reported in recent months, while the housing market experienced a major “boom” for a good part of 2021, other segments of the construction market struggled, and home construction starts have tailed off in the last...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual report on workplace injuries and illnesses for 2020. The estimates in the BLS report come from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). According to...

Electrical contractors involved in connecting long-term energy storage to the electric grid might be seeing a bright future as the result of a new council focused on rolling this concept out worldwide. According to “Net Zero...

Total construction starts pushed 16% higher in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.01, according to Dodge Data & Analytics’ Dodge Construction Network. Nonbuilding starts rose 52%, nonresidential building...

The infrastructure bill that was signed into law on Nov. 15 contains billions of dollars for numerous infrastructure projects, including more than $62 billion for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund a variety of...

According to a report from BloombergNEF, “Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook,” which was prepared for COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, global momentum toward zero-emissions road transport has accelerated...

The growth in plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) can put strain on nearby transformers, causing overloads, premature aging and potential failures. Fortunately, there is a solution: installation of battery energy storage systems...