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25Aug

Strong Majority of Americans Want a Plan to Preserve Grid Reliability

In the wake of headline-grabbing blackouts in California and Texas and all-too-regular electricity conservation warnings in states across the country, seventy-two percent of Americans are now concerned that the speed of the transition to variable sources of power is coming at the cost of grid reliability, according to new polling from Morning Consult. These concerns […]
  • On August 25, 2021
  • California, cyber security, grid reliability, ISO New England, Jim Robb, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Morning Consult, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), polling, Rich Nolan, Texas
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12May

In the Era of Cyberattacks, Fuel Diversity and Security Reign Supreme

The cyber threat to the nation’s energy infrastructure just crossed the Rubicon. A cyberattack forced the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, which transports 45% of the refined fuel used on the East Coast. Gas stations from New England to Georgia are without fuel and it will be days before the pipeline is operating normally, and […]
  • On May 12, 2021
  • CNN, Colonial Pipeline, cyber security, fuel security, infrastructure, Rick Perry
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27Jan

Pumping the Brakes on Power Grid Jenga

Indiana is right to be concerned. Coal has been indispensable in providing the low-cost, reliable power that has fueled industry in one of the nation’s leading manufacturing states. The sudden and accelerating loss of coal power in Indiana, and in surrounding states – without a plan to reliably replace it – has lawmakers and energy […]
  • On January 27, 2020
  • coal-fired power plants, cyber security, emissions, energy security, grid reliability, Indiana, ISO New England
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06Nov

Fuel (In)Security

“A group of well-resourced hackers have been combing through the networks of the gas pipeline operator for almost a year, harvesting crucial information. Now the hackers know the network better than the pipeline company does: every piece of equipment, the company’s entire workforce, usernames and passwords. They have the privileges needed to access both the […]
  • On November 6, 2019
  • all-of-the-above, cyber security, electricity grid, grid reliability, MIT Technology Review, Rick Perry
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Recent cyber security Posts
  • Strong Majority of Americans Want a Plan to Preserve Grid Reliability
  • In the Era of Cyberattacks, Fuel Diversity and Security Reign Supreme
  • Pumping the Brakes on Power Grid Jenga
  • Fuel (In)Security
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