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The Promise of Learning Before Someone Gets Hurt

Near-miss reporting is widely promoted as a cornerstone of modern safety management. In theory, it allows organizations to identify hazards, weak signals, and system failures before they result in injury or death. A near miss is a warning shot, an opportunity to learn without paying the highest price. Yet in many utilities, near-miss systems collect far less information than they could, not because incidents are rare, but because crews choose not to report them.

Why Silence Feels Safer Than Speaking Up

Linemen rarely avoid reporting near misses out of indifference. More often,...

In a significant move that underscores the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy to power the expanding digital infrastructure, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved an interconnection agreement between Talen Energy, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Exelon. This agreement allows for the integration of new energy generation sources to supply a large-scale Amazon data center facility at the Susquehanna nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.

The Growing Need for Data Centers and Renewable Energy

The intersection of energy infrastructure and the rapid growth of data centers is becoming an increasingly important focus for regulators and energy providers. As industries...