Restoring an Earthquake-Hit Power Plant in Puerto Rico Could Take a Year
With Costa Sur out of service, Puerto Rico would need to rely on its other power plants to operate almost at full capacity in order to meet demand. Keep Reading
Manny Cancel Joins NERC as SVP and CEO of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has announced that Manny Cancel is joining the organization as NERC senior vice president and chief executive officer of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC), effective January 7. Keep Reading
Infrastructure Council Warns Trump That Chance to Thwart a Cyber 9/11 ‘Is Closing Quickly’
"WE NEED TO ACT NOW," blares panel, as "America’s companies are fighting a cyber war they cannot win." Keep Reading
‘Deeply Sorry’ PG&E Takes Blame for California’s Deadliest Wildfire, Seeks ‘Technologies’ to Limit Future Risks
A new report by state regulators details how PG&E failed to properly inspect and maintain the equipment that ignited the November 2018 Camp Fire, which devastated the Northern California town of Paradise. Keep Reading
Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Month
FBI, Partners Brief Pipeline Industry on National Security Threats to Energy Infrastructure
“The energy sector remains a key target of nation-state cyber intrusions, supply chain attacks, economic espionage efforts and other threats." Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Ninth Annual Grid Security Conference Highlights Information Sharing, Lessons Learned and Solutions
“Security and reliability are inextricably linked and respect no geographic boundaries,” said Jim Robb, NERC’s president and chief executive officer. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
National Governors Association Selects 4 States for Assistance in Energy Security Exercise
Focused technical assistance project to enhance GridEx V energy security exercise and support the states’ energy security planning efforts. Keep Reading
‘System Target Forecasting’: A New and Practical Method of Mineral Deposit Prospecting
There are practical frameworks for switching to new forecasting methods by direct measurements of the intensity of a variety of real physical fields. Keep Reading
Cyber Command Wants to Work More Closely with the Energy Sector
The Department of Defense and Cyber Command are working on a pathfinder effort with DOE, with Pentagon staffers learning how the energy sector operates. Keep Reading
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Announces Resignation
"The Department of Energy has also embraced, with success, the national security mission of modernizing our nuclear enterprise," he said. Keep Reading
