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| | | | | BROUGHT TO YOU BY – Fortinet Recent headlines about cyberattacks are particularly troubling for the power and electricity sector because of the critical nature of energy infrastructure. We want to understand where you are challenged so we can help direct you to the right solutions. Will you give us 10 minutes to complete our anonymous survey? Responses will be analyzed and presented in a free report for the power and energy sector. | | Take the Survey |
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| When fine-tuning your cybersecurity alerts, it’s best to focus on the basics |
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| Cybersecurity is a hot topic for electric utilities. Of course it is. We know that bad actors want to do us harm or shake us down for money and what better way to impact a massive number of people than to mess with the electricity they depend on? Today’s lead article is focused on the cybersecurity alerts that grid and power system operators receive. It offers advice from a former Entergy senior engineer about how to fine tune those notifications, so operators don’t develop alarm fatigue but still maintain an active posture against attack. |
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| | | | | The PUCT just spent 600,000 taxpayer dollars on a consultant’s report to recommend a new market design. Surely the consultant—California-based E3—modeled the kinds of conditions that devastated Texas less than two years ago, right? | | Read more |
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| | | Cyber risks have increased with two-way communication between grid power electronics equipment and new edge devices ranging from solar panels to electric car chargers and intelligent home electronics. | | Read more |
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| | | Sponsored Content Be sure your infrastructure remains reliable and resilient with new climate technologies and data-driven approaches. | | Learn More |
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| | | The upcoming mass exodus of utility workers due to retirement creates not only a talent shortage but also a loss of invaluable industry knowledge and expertise that workers have accumulated from decades in the field. While this is a scary prospect, the good news is that it's possible to pass down institutional knowledge with the right assets in place. | | Read more |
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UPCOMING EVENTS | GridTECH Connect Forum™ Registration is LIVE Join us on February 6 in the inaugural GridTECH Connect Forum™ — speakers and attendees from utilities, developers, regulators, grid operators, and more will grapple with DER interconnection challenges facing the California market. READ MORE |
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| | | NYPA says that AI technology is significantly improving its in-house drone inspection program, allowing transmission lines to be more quickly and thoroughly evaluated and any potential issues that could lead to power failure to be identified earlier. |
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| | | ComEd announced a new BESS pilot for certain customers in hard-to-harden areas. |
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| | | The traditional way of modeling battery storage as pumped hydro in an integrated resource plan is outdated. |
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| | | As part of the agreement, Duke will build new smart grid software and services on AWS and expand its Intelligent Grid Services – a suite of applications that help the utility anticipate future energy demand and identify where and how to update the power grid. |
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| | | By initially offering capacity contracts to late-stage projects, DOE believes it will increase the confidence of additional investors and customers and reduce the risk of project developers under-building or under-sizing needed transmission capacity projects. |
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