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.