The extreme weather landscape is changing, and utility operations and incident commanders are seeking new solutions to adjust to the volatile landscape. Case in point is last year’s hurricane season, which, despite an average hurricane season, saw the third-highest number of billion-dollar U.S. disasters since 1980, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There were 18 separate billion-dollar weather events, including Hurricane Ian, the third most costly storm in U.S. history. These weather events indicate rising global-average temperatures contributing to widespread changes in weather patterns and leading to more frequent and extreme weather events like heat waves and large storms.
