Monitor Environmental Triggers to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Environmental “triggers” will initiate changes in standard electric utility operating procedures to emphasize wildfire prevention.
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 18
- 4 min
Essential to Wildfire Preparedness: Studying Prior Data
By ensuring electric utilities have historic data sets documented, the Wildfire Awareness Manager can create a wildfire preparedness plan.
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 11
- 5 min
New Wildfire Awareness Managers Will Aid Electric Utilities
Electric utilities can hire a Wildfire Awareness Manager to significantly reduce the risk of their power lines igniting wildfires.
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Tony Sleva, President
- May 16
- 4 min
How Solar Flares Could Blackout the Power Grid
This past weekend, the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, was visible much further south than usual, including in...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Apr 25
- 5 min
Maximize Renewable Energy Use with Daytime EV Charging
Last week, we explored the question of whether renewables can meet current and future energy demands in California. Despite renewable...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Apr 17
- 5 min
Can Renewables Meet Energy Demands in California?
California leads the nation in renewable energy production, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, biogas, and small hydroelectric...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Improving Physical Security at Neighborhood Substations
Prescient’s recent webinar on Effective Physical Security for Electric Substations highlighted the ways in which today’s physical...
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Alyssa Sleva-Horine
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Electric Utilities Must Prepare for Wildfire Allegations with Risk Assessments
At the end of February 2024, wildfires began to burn across the Texas Panhandle. Two large fires did the most damage: The Smokehouse...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Federal Fleet of Zero-Emission EVs Requires More Energy and Infrastructure
President Biden's Federal Sustainability Plan requires federal agencies to transition the largest vehicle fleet in the world to all...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Electric Vehicles Aid Climate Change-Related Disaster Recovery
In 2023 alone, the US experienced 28 weather and climate disasters that each exceeded $1 billion in losses. Climate change related storms...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 25
- 4 min
Midwest Freeze: Unease over EV Battery Capacity and Charge Time
A recent stretch of extremely cold weather in the Midwest unnerved many electric vehicle (EV) owners when they discovered that charging...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 18
- 4 min
EV Owner Concerns: Commercial Charging Cost and Time
Electric vehicle (EV) ownership is expanding, and is likely to continue to grow over the next decade. EV owners face several concerns...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 11
- 4 min
Prescient’s Assessment of Boeing Door Plug Blowout
Disclaimer: The following assessment is based on investigations that Prescient Transmission Systems has performed for electric utilities...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jan 4
- 4 min
2024 Goals: Wildfire Risk Reduction, Continuing Education, and R&D Funding
At Prescient, our goal is to work with electric utilities to integrate next generation concepts into grid design and operating practices....
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Tony Sleva, President
- Dec 14, 2023
- 4 min
How Electric Vehicles Stabilize the Power Grid
Electric vehicles (EVs) will be the key component that fills transportation needs in a world with climate change. Not only will EVs...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Nov 30, 2023
- 4 min
More Electric Vehicles Require More Charging Stations
As noted in our last article, electric vehicles (EVs) are rapidly expanding across the US. As the number of EVs continues to climb,...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Nov 16, 2023
- 5 min
Ready or Not, Electric Vehicles are Rapidly Expanding
As society transitions away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, electric vehicles (EVs) will be the future of transportation....
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Tony Sleva, President
- Oct 26, 2023
- 4 min
Prep Distribution Lines for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
Earth’s changing climate necessitates that fossil fuel based power production facilities be phased out in favor of renewable energy...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Oct 5, 2023
- 5 min
4 Steps to Address Knowledge Gaps at Electric Utilities
Electric utilities face a host of challenges as climate change worsens, distributed renewable energy sources expand, and electric...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Sep 21, 2023
- 3 min
2 Goals for More Accurate Power System Models
Last week, we discussed the importance of electric utilities preparing for the inevitable, whether that is climate change related severe...
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