# PVSS

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## Posts

- [CISA republishes Mitsubishi Electric warning on ICONICS SCADA software flaws](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/cisa-mitsubishi-electric-iconics-scada-vulnerabilities/): CISA republished a Mitsubishi Electric advisory on four flaws in GENESIS64 and other ICONICS software, including a 9.1-rated privilege issue; three older products will not be patched.
- [Air cargo demand rises 7.7% in September as jet fuel prices double, IATA says](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/iata-air-cargo-demand-september-2026/): IATA says air cargo demand rose 7.7% year on year in September, led by North American carriers and trans-Pacific AI hardware, while jet fuel prices more than doubled and yields lagged.
- [Alliant Energy closes $5.1 billion DOE loan package for gas and storage](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/alliant-energy-doe-5-1-billion-loan-package/): Alliant Energy closed a $5.1 billion DOE loan package to fund new gas generation, storage and plant upgrades in Iowa and Wisconsin, projecting up to $1.2 billion in customer savings.
- [How power factor works, and how capacitors correct it in a plant](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/how-power-factor-correction-works/): Power factor measures how much of a plant's current does useful work. Here is what drags it down, why utilities charge for it, how capacitors raise it and how correction can trigger harmonic resonance.
- [Airbus keeps 870-delivery goal after handing over 547 jets in nine months](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/airbus-nine-month-deliveries-production-ramp/): Airbus delivered 547 commercial aircraft in the first nine months of 2026 and kept its target of about 870 for the year, leaving about 323 to deliver in the fourth quarter. Rate targets were unchanged.
- [GXO expands Agility Robotics humanoid deployment to two more U.S. sites](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/gxo-agility-digit-humanoids-expand-us-sites/): GXO will put Agility Robotics' Digit humanoids to work at warehouses in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee, from early 2027, expanding a Georgia deployment.
- [Commerce signs $389 million in CHIPS R&D letters for power chips and quartz](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/chips-rd-letters-of-intent-power-semiconductors/): The Commerce Department signed letters of intent for up to $389 million in CHIPS R&D awards to Helion, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Vertical Semiconductor and Sibelco, with equity stakes attached.
- [Ofgem backs deal to stop further cut in gas import capacity from Belgium](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/ofgem-gas-interconnector-import-capability-consultation/): Ofgem approved an agreement to preserve gas import capability on the Great Britain–Belgium interconnector and is consulting on recovering the cost, put at under 10p a month per gas customer.
- [What overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is and how to calculate it](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/what-oee-is-and-how-to-calculate-it/): Overall equipment effectiveness multiplies availability, performance and quality into one score. Here is how to calculate it from a shift's data, where the losses sit and how the number can mislead.
- [OSHA proposes $1.28 million in penalties against eight trenching employers](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/osha-trench-excavation-citations-october-2026/): OSHA cited eight construction employers in Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois for trench and excavation hazards in October, proposing $1.28 million in penalties after one fatal collapse.
- [Ofgem opens £3.5 billion tender for Hornsea 3 offshore transmission link](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/ofgem-ofto-tender-round-14-hornsea-3/): Ofgem has launched OFTO Tender Round 14, an estimated £3.5 billion sale of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm's transmission assets and its largest round to date.
- [FANUC opens 132,000 sq ft training academy for robotics and automation skills](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/fanuc-opens-training-academy-auburn-hills/): FANUC America opened an $18 million-plus training academy in Auburn Hills, Michigan, raising its classroom count from 13 to 28 and network capacity to about 17,500 trainees a year.
- [Los Angeles and Long Beach ports both set all-time monthly records in September](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/los-angeles-long-beach-september-2026-cargo-records/): The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach each posted their busiest month on record in September 2026, handling a combined 2.04 million TEUs as imports rose 19% and 31% respectively.
- [US factory output rises 0.3% in September as vehicle production falls 3%](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/us-industrial-production-september-2026/): US manufacturing output rose 0.3% in September and total industrial production 0.7%, the Federal Reserve said, while motor vehicle and parts output fell 3.0%. Factory utilization was 75.9%.
- [Rotterdam port throughput rises 0.9% as Hormuz closure reshapes oil flows](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/rotterdam-throughput-nine-months-2026-hormuz/): Rotterdam handled 323.2 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2026, up 0.9%, as crude, oil products and coal rose and container transhipment fell 20% on terminal capacity limits.
- [Great Britain construction output falls for fourth month as housebuilding slips](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/great-britain-construction-output-falls-august-2026/): Construction output in Great Britain fell 0.2% in August 2026, a fourth straight monthly decline, as private new housing dropped 1.9%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
- [How a variable frequency drive controls motor speed and saves energy](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/how-a-variable-frequency-drive-controls-a-motor/): A variable frequency drive changes motor speed by reshaping the power it supplies. Here is how PWM drives work, where fan and pump savings come from, and the cable and bearing problems to plan for.
- [Construction input prices jump 2.2% in September, up 11.2% from a year earlier](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/construction-input-prices-september-2026-fuel-metals/): Construction input prices rose 2.2% in September and 11.2% over 12 months, ABC said, as diesel more than doubled and steel and copper mill products climbed after 2025 tariffs.
- [PJM, ERCOT and SPP set hourly peak load records in summer 2026, EIA says](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/pjm-ercot-spp-summer-2026-peak-load-records/): PJM hit 162.6 GW, ERCOT 91.1 GW and SPP 58.0 GW in record hours this summer, EIA data show, while CAISO, ISO-NE, NYISO and MISO came within a few percent of their highs.
- [Euro area industrial output falls 0.5% in August as consumer goods slide](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/euro-area-industrial-production-august-2026/): Euro area industrial production fell 0.5% in August and EU output fell 0.3%, Eurostat said, as a drop in non-durable consumer goods outweighed growth in capital goods. July was revised lower.
- [Rockwell launches CompactLogix 5390 controller with built-in cybersecurity](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/rockwell-compactlogix-5390-controller-cybersecurity/): Rockwell Automation launched the CompactLogix 5390 controller, claiming a 43% smaller footprint and security aligned with IEC 62443-4-2 as EU Cyber Resilience Act deadlines approach.
- [What NEMA enclosure types mean, and how they compare with IP codes](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/what-nema-enclosure-types-mean/): A NEMA Type number tells you which conditions an electrical enclosure is built to withstand. Here is how to read Types 1 through 13, and why NEMA says its table converts to IP codes in one direction only.
- [WTO raises 2026 goods trade forecast to 3.9% as AI imports offset Hormuz shock](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/wto-raises-2026-goods-trade-forecast-ai-hormuz/): The WTO now expects world merchandise trade volume to grow 3.9% in 2026, up from 1.9%, as AI-related imports outweigh energy and shipping disruption from the Middle East conflict.
- [EIA sees 2026 wholesale power prices rising 11%, with PJM up 41%](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/eia-october-steo-wholesale-power-prices-pjm/): EIA's October outlook puts 2026 U.S. wholesale power prices at $52/MWh, up 11% on 2025, with PJM up 41%, and expects homes that heat with electricity to pay 4% more this winter.
- [Boston Dynamics names former Amazon AI executive Rohit Prasad as CEO](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/boston-dynamics-names-rohit-prasad-ceo/): Boston Dynamics appointed former Amazon Alexa and Nova leader Rohit Prasad as CEO effective Oct. 7, tying the hire to its plan to pair Spot, Stretch and Atlas robots with AI.
- [Iowa, Wisconsin set Nov. 6 opening for new Mississippi River bridge at Lansing](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/lansing-mississippi-river-bridge-opening-november-6/): The $140 million steel truss bridge between Lansing, Iowa, and Wisconsin will open to traffic on November 6, ahead of a spring 2027 target, ending a free car ferry service.
- [Boeing wins $14.7 billion Lockheed order to triple Patriot seeker output](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/boeing-pac-3-seeker-contract-triple-production/): Lockheed Martin has awarded Boeing an undefinitized contract action worth about $14.7 billion to scale PAC-3 MSE seeker production, which Boeing says lets it triple output in Huntsville, Alabama.
- [USTR opens comments on 2027 USMCA review after US declined to extend pact](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/ustr-seeks-comments-2027-annual-usmca-joint-review/): USTR is taking comments until January 12, 2027, ahead of an annual USMCA joint review triggered when the United States declined to extend the agreement at its first review in July.
- [How lockout/tagout works under OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.147 standard](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/how-lockout-tagout-works-osha-1910-147/): OSHA's lockout/tagout rule, 29 CFR 1910.147, sets out how employers must isolate machines before servicing. Here is how the six-step sequence, release rules and program elements fit together.
- [US construction spending rises 0.9% in August as data center outlays surge](https://lightslategrey-eel-391722.hostingersite.com/us-construction-spending-rises-august-data-centers/): U.S. construction spending rose 0.9% in August to a $2.2 trillion annual rate but stayed 1.7% below a year earlier, with data center work up 73% over 12 months.

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