Fortnightly Magazine - November 2026

“Three central topics – reliability, affordability, and safety – intersect. They aren’t competing interests. That is what we’re focusing on at the upcoming meeting.”

“The stakes are measurable: Dragos’s 2026 findings put the industry-wide average dwell time for ransomware in OT environments at 42 days, which leaves ample time for an adversary to explore the paths a network permits.”

“Agentic AI introduces autonomous workflow execution. An AI agent can evaluate complex multi-step processes, connect across enterprise databases, and complete operational workflows automatically under pre-established human oversight rules.”

“Their nexus is that both metals enter drinking water primarily through plumbing. Copper can enter water through corroding pipes and fixtures but carries less risk in plumbing in most homes and therefore the biggest change to the 2024 LCRI is focused upon lead pipe removal.”