Grid Security & Reliability: Page 16
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5 security musts for industrial control systems
OT involves a collection of dedicated systems and physics, and that creates distinct security requirements, said Robert M. Lee, CEO and co-founder at Dragos.
By Matt Kapko • Nov. 11, 2022 -
California funds 60 MWh tribal long-duration storage project with nation’s largest vanadium redox flow battery
The project will provide backup power to the Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians and bolster the reliability of the energy system statewide.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 9, 2022 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.
By Utility Dive staff -
Deep Dive
Putin-focused and other hacks of charging stations drive new cybersecurity steps for an EV boom
A broad utility-to-charger attack surface will require smarter protection strategies and tools for cyber threats as transportation electrification and vehicle-to-grid integration expand, analysts said.
By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 8, 2022 -
CAISO avoided outages in September heat wave – a ‘remarkable outcome’ – with 4 GW storage, conservation
The state’s gas-fired plants were “critical” during the worst of the heat wave, but some were unavailable at times, California’s grid operator said in a report.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 4, 2022 -
Massachusetts OKs over $450M in grid modernization spending by Eversource, National Grid, Unitil
Eversource, National Grid and Unitil will expand technologies for grid monitoring, advanced communications and automation.
By Stephen Singer • Nov. 3, 2022 -
NERC warns of cybersecurity, reliability risks as it outlines strategy for adding tens of gigawatts of DER
A new approach to the management of distributed energy resources will include operational standards for aggregators, but NERC says an anticipated vulnerability assessment is still almost a year away.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 3, 2022 -
Opinion
Storage, demand-side innovation, neighbors and a bit of luck — reliability lessons from summer 2022
Examining how the U.S. avoided major power shortages this summer can help grid operators, utilities and regulators improve reliability and avoid resource adequacy challenges without disrupting the transition to low-carbon resources.
By Eric Gimon and Mike O’Boyle • Nov. 2, 2022 -
How cybersecurity experts are reacting to CISA’s new security goals for critical infrastructure
Federal authorities describe the cross-sector guidance as “a floor, not a ceiling.”
By Matt Kapko • Nov. 1, 2022 -
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PG&E formally asks NRC to extend Diablo Canyon power plant license to 2030 to boost grid reliability
Diablo Canyon provides more than 8% of California’s in-state generation. The state will fund a $1.4 billion loan to PG&E to relicense the plant.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 1, 2022 -
Eversource CEO seeks emergency order by Biden to ensure gas supplies as New England winter approaches
Eversource CEO Joe Nolan Jr. asked Biden to waive the Jones Act, a 1920 law that requires cargo shipped between U.S. ports to be carried by U.S. ships with American crews.
By Stephen Singer • Oct. 31, 2022 -
CISA aims for resource-poor targets, like small utilities, with new cybersecurity performance goals
Officials hope the goals will serve as a road map to strengthen the resilience of local providers like schools, hospitals and utilities.
By David Jones • Oct. 31, 2022 -
Sponsored by Technosylva
Why the probability of ignition is crucial to understanding asset wildfire risk
Energy utilities across the United States increasingly rely on wildfire spread prediction models to determine the risk associated with their assets.
By Pavel Grechanuk, Senior Data Scientist, Technosylva • Oct. 31, 2022 -
Sen. Warren leads probe of Bitcoin impact on Texas power grid, ERCOT use of demand response ‘subsidies’
Payments to cryptocurrency miners for reducing electricity demand, known as demand response, “feed back into the worsening climate crisis,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others said.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 19, 2022 -
Distributed resources like solar and batteries open growing pathway to cyberattacks: DOE
Distributed energy resources are expected to quadruple by 2025 and “pose emerging cybersecurity challenges to the electric grid,” according to a Department of Energy report.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 18, 2022 -
Opinion
FERC isn’t acting fast enough to strengthen the grid. Here’s one thing Congress can do.
Congress can and should shore up energy resilience by establishing a clear standard for inter-regional transmission support, the authors write.
By Liza Reed and Andrew Xu • Oct. 11, 2022 -
Sponsored by Sentient Energy
Complex challenges call for complementary solutions
Today's grid challenges are often better addressed with strategic use of complementary technologies than with deployment of a single solution.
Oct. 10, 2022 -
Deep Dive
97% of smart meters fail to provide promised customer benefits. Can $3B in new funding change that?
Interoperability standards can deliver “non-discriminatory access” to real-time data from new smart meters to fulfill promises of customer savings and other system benefits, energy managers say.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 5, 2022 -
Biden pledges to transform Puerto Rico’s power system as thousands remain without power
In the two weeks since Hurricane Fiona devastated the island, LUMA Energy says it has restored service to 93% of customers.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 4, 2022 -
PNM proposes 6-year, $344M grid modernization plan including smart meters for all customers
Low-income areas will receive prioritization for distribution system upgrades and smart meter installation, the utility said.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 4, 2022 -
Opinion
The California energy problem is structural, not political
The deregulation experiment in California that created energy markets isn't working for reliability or for customers. Unless it is addressed, things will only get worse, the author writes.
By Brad Viator • Sept. 29, 2022 -
FERC’s Glick has ‘significant concerns’ over proposed incentives for utility cybersecurity investments
Cyber threats may be better addressed through mandatory standards instead of via incentives that were proposed Thursday, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 23, 2022 -
FERC commissioners pursue market, non-market answers to ISO-NE’s ‘dire’ winter reliability risks
“The region is still heavily reliant on [liquefied natural gas] imports, and that's just not sustainable,” Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 23, 2022 -
Industrial control systems face more cyber risks than IT, expert testifies
Most ICS technology was designed more than 20 years ago and built without cyber resilience, Idaho National Laboratory's Vergle Gipson said.
By David Jones • Sept. 19, 2022 -
Sponsored by Technosylva
Understanding potential consequence from asset ignited wildfires: it’s more than just ignition modeling
Energy utilities across the United States are challenged with reducing wildfire risk and increasing their reliability as part of their on-going operations.
By David Buckley, COO, Technosylva • Sept. 19, 2022 -
Sponsored by Gridspertise
Vegetation inspection, a challenge for utilities
The “Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid” program is set to reinforce and modernize the American electricity grid, making it more resilient against extreme weather events and other natural disasters.
Sept. 15, 2022