William Atkinson

According to a new report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid, Arlington, Va., transmission line contractors and other electrical contractors are losing out on a lot of work due to excessive costs and significant...

The seventh annual Union Craft Labor Supply Survey done by The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC), Arlington, Va., is underway for 2021, and NECA is encouraging its members to participate. TAUC is a trade association...

After realizing the success of the industry’s first COVID-19 safety stand down in April 2020, many industry-related associations and their member companies are doing the same again the week of Jan. 11–15, 2021. One such...

On Dec. 28, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released two rules related to the use of “unmanned aircraft,” commonly known as drones. Utilities are more frequently using drones for...

Ames Electric Services, a municipal electric utility based in Ames, Iowa, has teamed up with Iowa State University, also located in Ames, to provide support for a mobile microgrid project sought by the Iowa Army National...

According to a report from Dodge Data & Analytics, Hamilton, N.J., total construction starts fell 2% in November 2020 to a seasonally-adjusted rate of $797.5 billion, following a strong gain in October. While nonbuilding...

Earlier this year, the American wind, solar, hydropower and energy storage industries united around a collective idea to generate over half of the country’s electricity within 10 years, according to a report from Wood...

A research report from UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health in Los Angeles, “High Frequency and Prevalence of Community-Based Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection,” tracked the results of more than 700,000 COVID-19 tests in...

According to a report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Washington, D.C., builder confidence, while still strong, is down from a record high in November. “Ending a string of three successive months of...

Each year since 2007, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Washington, D.C., has published an annual ranking of states based on their commitments to energy efficiency. The 14th edition, the “2020...

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Atlanta, announced that its Electric Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy to expand its Cybersecurity...

As more OSHA inspections are turning up infractions related to employers’ failure to protect the safety of workers and others related to COVID-19 exposures and follow-up, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...