This summer, the grid isn’t just strained—it’s being pushed to the brink. Record-shattering heat domes, surging demand from widespread air conditioning use, and aging infrastructure are testing utility control rooms across the U.S. in unprecedented ways.
From Texas to New England, rotating outages, emergency alerts, and grid instability are becoming all too common. For operators in utilities control rooms, every second counts, when you’re staring down a spike in demand and system alerts are flying, you need a reliable control room solution—not fragmented data on a dozen screens.
That’s where visability comes in.
2025 Summer Blackouts Are Just Beginning
Extreme heat and weather are colliding with grid limitations:
Midwest to Northeast
June 2025 saw record-breaking temps from Illinois to Maine caused by a massive heat dome. Emergency Operations and rolling blackouts hit millions.
California
Sweltering cities like Sacramento and L.A. faced Stage 2 alerts and rolling outages affecting ~200K+ customers at a time.
Texas ERCOT Region
A brutal mix of heat and humidity triggered alerts and pushed cooling demand to record highs, with concerns of future rolling blackouts.
Arizona
Strategies to manage prolonged energy market disruptions.
The future? More extreme events. More complexity. More pressure on operators.
One Common Operating Picture. Zero Time Wasted.
Visability is built for today’s grid threats—and designed for 24/7 reliability. It delivers seamless situational awareness by integrating SCADA systems, weather feeds, live drone or satellite imagery, GIS, and more into one dynamic view. No app switching. No scrambling. Just the right data in front of the right people, when seconds matter.
This isn’t just a dashboard, it’s a full command environment:
Control Room Display Wall Integration
Push vital information to utility video walls, desktops, and remote devices instantly.
Remote & Field Access
Keep field teams, EOCs, and executive briefings aligned—even outside the control room.
Real-Time Collaboration
From emergency response to inter-agency coordination, visability enables live, unified response to decision-making across your entire operational ecosystem.
Built for Control Rooms. Trusted in Crises.
Visability from Activu, is a U.S. based, ISO 27001 certified, and trusted by some of the most secure government agencies. Our visability video wall software is NERC/CIP compliant, supports active-active recovery, and is engineered for non-stop operations.
Whether you’re managing a fast-moving outage or preparing for a heatwave surge, visability ensures your team has a clear, up-to-the-second picture—on every screen, in every room, and across every department.
Don’t Let the Heat Win
This summer is already rewriting the playbook—and the heat isn’t letting up. Is your control room ready?
Explore how visability can power your grid’s resilience. Request a demo or contact us today to see how your team can stay ahead of the next blackout.
Utility Case Studies
- Future-Proofing Power: Transforming MTE’s Control Room for Unparalleled Efficiency
The largest electric cooperative in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) region, faced challenges with antiquated technology. - DTE Energy: Storm Resilience Revolutionizes a Utility Control Center
In the wake of the Windstorm of 2017, DTE Energy found itself compelled to reassess their System Operations control room, recognizing the urgency for an upgrade to address its outdated infrastructure before the next crisis struck. The operations team, seeking a comprehensive solution to unify the entire electrical system, explored diverse options. It became evident that only Activu possessed the expertise and software platform, vis/ability, required for the task at hand. Unrivaled in experience, Activu stood out as the sole contender capable of seamlessly installing large display walls, consolidating crucial information, and integrating DTE Energy’s SCADA, supplied by Primate. - Integrated Operations Center: Flexibility & Security Across Critical Operations
A large Northwestern U.S. power utility is leading the nation in innovation, and a seamless operating picture, through a unified approach across functions through vis/ability. - PGE’s Video Wall & Control Room Add Resilience & Collaboration
The Integrated Operations Center is part of the nerve center of PGE’s smart grid. At the IOC, we centralize PGE’s… Read more: PGE’s Video Wall & Control Room Add Resilience & Collaboration - How an Award-Winning Municipal Utility Enhances Power Restoration Efforts
Challenge Despite being recognized repeatedly as a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3®), Marietta Power wasn’t content to rest on its… Read more: How an Award-Winning Municipal Utility Enhances Power Restoration Efforts - Keeping Alabama Warm
Challenge When Alagasco began planning their new operations center, they had two goals: create an improved job environment where employees… Read more: Keeping Alabama Warm - Aiding one the largest co-ops in the U.S. to reliably supply power
Activu system provided Cobb EMC with capabilities beyond their expectations. - Keeping the lights on for 19.8 million customers
An ISO chose Activu’s software-based system to help them monitor critical operations and improve incident response and decision making.