by Bill Eller | Nov 24, 2021 | Education, Service Line Responsibilities, Public-Private Partnerships, Infrastructure, Lead in Water
Local officials have been making the case for years: We need more federal investment in our nation’s water infrastructure – it has shrunk from 63 percent in the 1970s to 9 percent now, and the average age of such infrastructure reached 45 years in 2020. In short,...
by Peter Buttrick | Nov 12, 2021 | Energy, Education
As extreme weather events surge through each season, resulting in power outages and other loss of services, homeowners are turning to standby generators in record numbers. The demand for backup power has been further impacted by utility-planned rolling blackouts to...
by Bill Eller | Nov 9, 2021 | Large Cities, Maryland, Testimonials, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, State, Public-Private Partnerships, Financial Shock, Videos, Partner Videos, Partner Testimonials
In October, the City of Baltimore announced a pilot program to install backflow preventers in qualifying homeowners’ sewer laterals as part of an effort to reduce sewage backflow into residents’ homes. Some of the older homes in certain sections of the city are prone...
by Peter Buttrick | Nov 9, 2021 | Grid Modernization, Energy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, Intergenerational Communities, Energy, Utility of the Future
The transportation sector has been the largest CO2 producer in the United States since 2017 when it surpassed power generation, a sector which reduced CO2 emissions through the switch from coal to natural gas and growth in renewables. Transportation is currently...
by Peter Buttrick | Nov 9, 2021 | Education, Energy, Partnership, Utility of the Future, Electric Vehicles
HomeServe participated in the October unveiling of the newly renovated “Courthouse Square in Texarkana USA,” which included the ribbon-cutting for two new Electric Vehicle charging stations installed on the square. Through a partnership between the City of...
