Grid Security & Reliability: Page 2
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DOE makes $450M available for residential solar, battery systems in Puerto Rico
This summer, Puerto Rico experienced rolling blackouts 570 times more frequently than the North American average, according to the Department of Energy.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 1, 2023 -
Southern California Edison eyeing ‘substantial investments’ in grid resilience and reliability, CEO says
From 2025 through 2028, SCE projects annual capital deployment of around $8 billion — double what it was six years ago — with over 85% of its investments going into the distribution grid.
By Kavya Balaraman • July 31, 2023 -
Explore the Trendline➔
GettyTrendlineCybersecurity of the Grid
While cyberthreats to the power sector are expanding, so are the tools to address them. But a key question remains — are companies doing what's needed to reduce the risk?
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Sponsored by DTN
Outage insights help utilities minimize financial impact before a storm hits
Machine learning data provides outage insights for more efficient real-time response planning.
July 31, 2023 -
TSA revises security directives for oil, gas pipelines to test resilience
The updated requirements come amid heightened threats and security incidents, including the recent attack against Suncor Energy in Canada.
By David Jones • July 27, 2023 -
Sponsored by DTN
Turning weather data into actionable information
Learn how DTN Storm Risk solutions optimize weather intelligence and machine learning to help utilities prepare for future weather impacts.
July 25, 2023 -
Opinion
Everything talks to everything: Building resilience into the power grid
In the face of unprecedented distributed energy growth, building a dynamic and resilient grid will require key elements such as data management and a transmission buildout.
By Don Tappan • July 25, 2023 -
Sponsored by Technosylva
3 ways executives can stay ahead of their company’s wildfire risk
As temperatures are rising, energy companies across the United States are challenged with reducing wildfire risk and increasing their reliability as part of their on-going operations.
By Bryan Spear, CEO, Technosylva • July 24, 2023 -
Opinion
It’s time to rethink grid reliability
While the grid shifts from a fossil fuel-heavy system to one that is powered by clean, carbon-free electricity generation, there are three questions we need to answer.
By Michelle Solomon • July 20, 2023 -
House panel discusses grid threats: China, Russia, inverter-based resources, physical attacks
Hackers have never caused a U.S. blackout, but there are nation-states that “possess the capability to disrupt critical infrastructure,” warned the head of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
By Robert Walton • July 20, 2023 -
NYC could face up to 446 MW power deficit in 2025, due to electrification and peaker retirements: ISO
Completion of the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line, which will bring power to New York City from Quebec, is expected to improve reliability margins beginning in 2026.
By Robert Walton • July 19, 2023 -
Sponsored by S&C Electric Company
With more big storms ahead, here’s how utilities can help close the resilience gap
Following multiple billion-dollar weather or climate disasters in the U.S. this year, electric utilities are bracing for further impact.
July 17, 2023 -
Sponsored by CapTech
How augmented reality will transform the customer experience for utility companies
AR empowers utilities to engage customers on their own terms and optimize operations for enhanced efficiency.
July 10, 2023 -
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Sponsored by EPRIStrengthening the power sector’s approach to climate risk
As U.S. braces for hurricane season and a warmer than average summer, resilience of the electric sector is top of mind.
By Morgan Scott, Director of Climate READi, EPRI • July 3, 2023 -
Dominion Energy, Virginia solar developers clash over small-scale project rules
A coalition of solar groups and developers argues that Dominion Energy’s interconnection rules have led to project delays and cancellations, while the utility says the rules are necessary to protect the grid.
By Diana DiGangi • June 29, 2023 -
Microgrids not just for resilience: new research from NARUC, NASEO highlights GHG reduction potential
Nuclear energy has not traditionally been seen as a microgrid resource, but microreactors “are likely to be deployed in the near term,” according to the report.
By Robert Walton • June 28, 2023 -
Conventional generation outages set a record in 2022: NERC
The performance of wind and solar resources must also improve, NERC said, particularly as they place “increased operational demands on the now smaller fleet of conventional generation.”
By Robert Walton • June 23, 2023 -
Deep Dive
Four non-transmission solutions for clean energy with new power lines in the permitting ‘Valley of Death’
Smart technologies, storage, overbuilding and distributed resources can move the energy transition ahead until workable reforms bring new transmission online, stakeholders agreed
By Herman K. Trabish • June 21, 2023 -
Duke Energy changed security reviews of critical assets following December substation attacks
Information-sharing protocols between the public and private sector need to be improved, a North Carolina safety official told the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
By Robert Walton • June 20, 2023 -
DOE among federal agencies hit by possible Russian cyberattack
Vulnerabilities in file-sharing software known as MOVEit Transfer allowed hackers to access data at two Department of Energy entities, according to reports.
By Robert Walton • June 16, 2023 -
Power plants remain vulnerable to outages in extreme cold, despite warnings, FERC and NERC find
Most power plant outages during Winter Storm Elliott were caused by problems with freezing, fuel supply, and mechanical and electrical issues, echoing challenges from previous cold spells, FERC staff said Thursday.
By Ethan Howland • June 16, 2023 -
Sponsored by ev.energy
V2Flex: How to unlock the power of vehicle-to-everything
Transforming electric vehicles from grid liabilities into assets.
By Joseph Vellone, Head of North America, ev.energy • June 12, 2023 -
Deep Dive
As states differ on the benefits of Bitcoin, is there a solution to its climate and power-system impacts?
Bitcoin miners’ 24/7 electricity need and financial focus raise red flags for climate activists about increased fossil fuel use, but some miners are starting to see a new solution in clean energy.
By Herman K. Trabish • June 8, 2023 -
NERC’s role in public-private security collaboration can deter utilities from sharing information: report
Utility lawyers “on occasion advise electricity companies not to share certain information with the ISAC for liability reasons,” according to a report from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0.
By Robert Walton • June 8, 2023 -
Deep Dive
California energy players fear isolation, reliability impacts as SPP eyes Western market expansion
Experts in California worry that as the Southwest Power Pool's energy market proposals move forward, California could lose access to renewable energy resources that are critical to the state’s grid.
By Kavya Balaraman • May 30, 2023 -
Opinion
Canada’s pipeline hack was a warning. Here’s why we need AI to protect our energy infrastructure.
Artificial intelligence can keep atop of cybersecurity maintenance by providing real-time, autonomous protection against the likes of zero-day threats, which exploit bugs or access in software.
By Dj Das • May 30, 2023