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ERCOT Warns of Summer Emergency Conditions as Demand Continues to Soar

May 9, 2019 admin Business, cdr, Coal, Energy Storage, ercot, Gas, imm, Markets, news, potomac, Power Demand, reliability, Renewables, sara, Solar, tcpa, Technology, texas, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 13:40:43 +0000

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued a fresh warning that continued “above-normal” growth in electric demand could require it to enter Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) status to maintain system reliability this summer. As it released its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for the upcoming summer season (June to September), a […]

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Working with Peers Is Critical to Power System Reliability [PODCAST]

March 29, 2019 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, HACK, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, information sharing, Instrumentation & Controls, news, power podcasts, reliability, resiliency, stuxnet, Technology, the power podcast, Ukraine, william doering

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:59:46 +0000

When conversations around the power industry turn to computer hacking, more often than not experts say it’s not a question of if, but rather, how systems have been compromised. William Doering, adjunct professor in the John E. Simon School of Business at Maryville University and a director with Guidehouse—a management consulting services provider—said he has […]

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DOE and FERC Mull Incentivizing Cybersecurity, Physical Security of Power and Gas Infrastructure

February 4, 2019 admin Business, Congress, connected plant, Cybersecurity, DOE, ferc, grid security, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, nerc, news, Physical security, reliability, technical conference

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:22:17 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) want to explore how federal and state authorities could incentivize cybersecurity and physical security in the power and natural gas sectors. The agencies issued a notice on Feb. 4announcing they would jointly hold a technical conference on Thursday, March 28, 2019, from 10 […]

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Control Room Considerations: What You Need to Know

January 1, 2019 admin aten technology, av, Coal, connected plant, control room, Energy Storage, Gas, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, it, kvm, news, Nuclear, O&M, reliability, Renewables, Research and Development, Security, software, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

Control rooms are vital for organizations to efficiently and effectively monitor multiple information streams and make accurate mission-critical decisions. With an ever-increasing number of content sources and

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NV Energy Accelerates Retirement of One of Nevada’s Last Coal Units

December 27, 2018 admin Business, Coal, distributed energy, Energy Storage, grid, irp, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, nevada, news, nv energy, Power Demand, puc, reliability, Renewables, Solar, solar pv, T&D

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 12:57:34 +0000

NV Energy plans to retire a 254-MW coal-fired unit in a power-constrained region of Nevada at the end of 2021, four years ahead of schedule. The company will instead purchase 1,001 MW from new solar photovoltaic projects equipped with 100 MW of long-term battery storage, effectively doubling its total renewable generation from 14% in 2017 […]

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NERC: Accelerated Coal and Nuclear Retirements Pose Limited Reliability Risks

December 21, 2018 admin accelerated scenario, Business, Coal, Fuel, Gas, Markets, nerc, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, reliability, Renewables, retirements, scenario, stress test, supply chains, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:37:32 +0000

The accelerated retirement of coal-fired and nuclear generation by 2022 could adversely affect reliability in four regions, including in the east and over a swathe of the central U.S., the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warned as it released findings from a “stress-test” scenario. But the entity tasked with ensuring reliability and security of […]

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PJM: Fuel Supply Resilience Is Sound—For Now

November 6, 2018 admin DOE, ferc, Fuel, fuel supply, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, pjm, reliability, resilience

Fuel delivery systems in PJM Interconnection’s vast footprint can generally withstand an extended period of stress and remain reliable, though extreme scenarios could impact the grid, the nation’s largest system operator concluded in a high-profile study. PJM, whose system covers 13 states and 65 million people, launched the study this May as the federal government, […]

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A Satellite View of Hurricane Michael’s Power Outages

October 30, 2018 admin general, hurricane, juxtapose, Markets, michael, nasa, news, power outages, reliability, Research and Development, resilience, Satellite, Technology

After Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 storm on October 10, it moved across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia on October 11, and finally out into the Atlantic on October 12. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration office, the storm […]

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Three Newly Approved CIP Reliability Standards for Cybersecurity Will Be Costly

October 25, 2018 admin Business, cip standards, connected plant, costs, Cybersecurity, ferc, iiot, iiot cyber, nerc, news, reliability, supply chain, supply chains, Technology, vendors

Entities with industrial control systems (ICS) associated with bulk electric system (BES) operations must develop and implement plans that include security controls for supply chain management, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered in a final rule that formally adopts three new critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards. FERC on October 18 issued Order No. […]

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Can Coal and Nuclear Power Plants Be Saved?

October 2, 2018 admin Business, Coal, competitive markets, courts, early retirement, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, reliability, resiliency, zero emissions credits

It’s no secret that U.S. nuclear and coal-fired power plants are struggling to remain viable in competitive markets. Many plants have been retired for economic reasons long before the facilities reached the

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