03.11.2013 | By Kennedy Maize Attention to the potential risks of solar storms to the power sector continues, as the NRC issues a highly unusual grant to a citizen's rulemaking petition on how solar storms could affect spent fuel powers at nuclear plants....
01.02.2013 | By Kennedy Maize A 2007 study sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security confirmed some of the industry's worst fears about the grid's vulnerability to terrorist attack. That study has remained under wraps until recently--and its findings are even worse than you may suspect....
01.01.2012 | By Matthew Hoff and Sonal Patel
For power providers, grid stabilization has been a rising concern in recent years, especially because of the increasing use of intermittent energy sources such as wind turbines. Maintaining a stable electricity grid is difficult because of the unpredictability of intermittent energy sources. If wind turbines, for example, are supplying 5% of the overall power for the grid and the turbines stop moving because the air grows still, the grid has to find a way to kick into overdrive to compensate for this sudden decrease in energy. It's not as easy as it sounds....
09.01.2011 | By Kennedy Maize
What's on the agenda for the utility industry today and into the future? Platts and Capgemini asked the industry leadership in their latest survey. The answers revolve around regulation, finance, and human resources....
03.01.2011 | By Kennedy Maize and Sonal Patel
While the cybersecurity threat escalates asymmetrically, federal agencies may be shortchanging cybersecurity while developing smart grid standards designed to protect the emerging smart grid from attack....
11.01.2010 | By Kennedy Maize
Despite a trendy moniker and lots of hype and interest, the smart grid has been facing some major setbacks of late, as regulators and customers begin challenging some of the claims for what interconnected smart meters will deliver in the way of tangible benefits....
11.01.2010 | By Peter Fox-Penner and Heidi Bishop
The smart grid, a truly disruptive business force, will require a new regulatory paradigm and new approaches to the electric utility business model....
09.01.2010 | By Kennedy Maize
The National Security Agency is launching a program to protect the grid from cyber attack, along with other civilian and military critical infrastructure, while a new Department of Energy report highlights grid vulnerabilities....
09.01.2010 | By George Lobsenz
As state regulators examine whether the smart grid benefits consumers, a federal agency is looking at what information consumers need to take advantage of the technology....
11.02.2009 | By Kennedy Maize
What is the smart grid all about? A new book—a dictionary—attempts to define and demystify the jargon and bafflegab surrounding the buzzing smart grid. It’s a somewhat flawed but worthwhile first attempt at unraveling the often bizarre and sometimes baloney-filled smart grid nomenclature....
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