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GAO: Cyber challenges exist for Smart Grid
Increased use of a smart grid has benefits. The GAO finds being more cyber secure isn't one of them.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , GAO , NIST ,
GPS vulnerabilities could bring down smartgrid
University of Texas researcher successfully spoofs GPS timing signals which could incapacitate the base stations used by Sprint and Verizon.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Todd Humphreys , GPS
Energy finds smart grid smarter than expected
A smart electrical power grid could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030. We get details from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Rob Pratt.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoE , technology , green technology , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Rob Pratt
NIST finds five steps to a smarter grid
NIST says it's identified five "foundational" sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber security that are ready for consideration by federal and state energy regulators. Details from NIST's George Arnold
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , FERC , NIST , interoperability , management , George Arnold
Smart grid keeps getting smarter
The main work phase on the largest and most comprehensive project in the nation to demonstrate how the electric grid can be used more efficiently and made more reliable has begun. We get details from Ron Melton, Director of the project.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project , DoE , Ron Melton
NIST finalizes Smart Grid cyber guidelines
CBP lax in controlling cybersecurity
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , CBP , NIST ,
Smart Grid ending before it starts?
Maryland recently denied Baltimore Gas and Electric Company authorization to deploy smart meters, arguing the potential financial and technological risks to consumers outweighed the benefits. Is this the beginning of the end for the Smart Grid? We ask Lisa Margonelli, director, Energy Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Lisa Margonelli , New America Foundation , Meg Beasley
Smart Grid protected by smart money
Efforts to protect the smart grid could generate $21 billion dollars in spending over the next five years. Tom Billington, CEO of CyberSecurity Seminars, walks us through some of the issues found in a study by Pike Research.
Tags: Federal Drive , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Pike Research , Tom Billington , CyberSecurity Seminars , Suzanne Kubota
Feds lead Smart Grid development effort
The Senate is now considering a bill, approved last week by the House, designed to help the nation's electrical grid evolve into an enhanced Smart Grid which would help protect itself from cyber-attacks. In addition, however, the Smart Grid is also expected to help the nation do a better job of managing our electrical resources. A group of federal employees recently talked about their role in developing the Smart Grid.
Tags: technology , AFFIRM , Eric Lightener , DoE , David Wollman , NIST , Nick Sinai , FCC , Max Cacas ,
President pledges $3.4 billion for 'smart' grid
Tags: technology , AP , Joe Hebert




