Aging DC Power Infrastructure, Skill Shortages, & Maintenance Challenges

In this episode of DC Power Hour, host Allen Byrne is joined by DC power experts Lucas Berndt, and Ryan Wallace, discusses aging DC power infrastructure, focusing on under-funding, skill shortages, and maintenance challenges. They explore real-world outages and the urgent need for infrastructure upgrades and skilled tradespeople.

Episode Highlights

5:33 – They couldn’t get their SCADA system online. They essentially had to declare a state of emergency.

8:48 – Recently, we’ve had a massive power outage in the country of Chile, followed by another on the entire Iberian Peninsula two weeks later.

13:01 – I’ve gone into nuclear facilities, and they had a plan for their plan, and then another plan for that plan.

14:36 – I’ve noticed over the last 20 years or so of my career that we’re losing the skills.

24:27 – We have an aging infrastructure and a workforce that’s retiring and taking their knowledge with them.