Utilities Adapt to Changing Threat Landscape
Recent substation attacks have prompted the government and the private utility industry to take action, which should create opportunities for integrators. This article originally appeared in the August...
View ArticleUtility Security: Understanding NERC CIP 014 Requirements and Their Impact
In the U.S. energy market, the ownership breakdown is a mix of regulated investor-owned utilities, municipal electric utilities, rural electric cooperatives, federal power marketing agencies and...
View ArticleDOE Announces $70 Million Research Funding for Energy Sector Cyber Threats |...
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience and reduce risks to energy delivery infrastructure from a...
View ArticleSecurity in the Sights: Utilities Face Armed Physical Security Threats | T&D...
Back in March 12, 2014, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece about the risk of a far-reaching, long-lasting power outage in the U.S. if the power grid were sabotaged at just a handful of vulnerable...
View ArticleEnhancing Substation Security: Prioritize and Implement Best Practices
At the core of every community lies the responsibility of electric utilities: to provide a safe, reliable, and secure power supply. Industry collaboration is fostered by utilities sharing best...
View ArticleThe Ongoing Battle to Protect Critical Substation Infrastructure
You’ve seen them, though they’re not much to look at – gravel patches of dull gray poles and metal boxes strung with wires, coils, and pipes. The U.S. grid consists of around 55,000 substations,...
View ArticleThe Quest for Resiliency
Five years ago, a video went viral on social media showing transmission towers playing jump rope with the transmission lines. The video was silent but when the tower hits the ground, you would hear a...
View ArticleUnlock CIP-014 For Comprehensive Security
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection standards govern the critical infrastructure of all entities that materially impact the reliability of the bulk...
View ArticleGirding the Grid
December 2022: Rifle fire damages two electrical substations in Moore County, North Carolina, cutting power to more than 40,000 customers. Neither the attackers nor their motive is identified. February...
View ArticleUS electric grid growing more vulnerable to cyberattacks, regulator says
NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) – U.S. power grids are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks, with the number of susceptible points in electrical networks increasing by about 60 per day, the North...
View ArticleLOCAL NEWS Woman accused of neo-Nazi plot to attack Baltimore’s energy grid...
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore County woman has pleaded guilty Tuesday for conspiring to attack and destroy Baltimore region’s power grid last year. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, from Catonsville, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleVandals damage electricity infrastructure in South King County
The South King County area has seen a series of attacks on electrical infrastructures, similar to what Clackamas County in Oregon and Pierce County faced in 2022 alongside other areas in the Pacific...
View ArticleEnhancing Substation Security: Prioritize and Implement Best Practices
At the core of every community lies the responsibility of electric utilities: to provide a safe, reliable, and secure power supply. Industry collaboration is fostered by utilities sharing best...
View ArticleGunfire attack on Duke Energy equipment causes fire, power outage in North...
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — The FBI is assisting in an investigation after gunfire damaged Duke Energy power equipment in Durham County leading to a power outage at the Raleigh border, officials said. The...
View ArticleStrengthening Infrastructure Security: Convergence in Utilities Industry
Utilities are the lifeline of modern society, providing essential services like electricity, water and gas. This critical infrastructure, however, is increasingly at risk of physical security attacks....
View ArticleSecurity Challenges of Building Out the Power Grid
The concept of the “electrification of society” sounds great – transition everything that runs on gas or diesel to electricity and the environment will become cleaner, equipment will run better and...
View ArticleGenocidal ‘white supremacist’ teen Andrew Takhistov’s plot to destroy NJ...
Cops have thwarted a sinister plot concocted by an 18-year-old New Jersey man to annihilate PSE&G substations, impacting the power grid. Andrew Takhistov began communicating online with an...
View ArticlePower substation break-in leaves more than 1,500 without power in Milton, KY
MILTON, Ky. — Someone broke into a power substation in a city northeast of Louisville in order to steal copper wiring, causing a power outage in the process. According to Shelby Energy Cooperative, the...
View ArticleNeo-nazi plot to attack Baltimore power grid could have caused $75 million in...
A white supremacist plot to shut down the power grid around Baltimore could have cost $75 million in damage to power stations, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36,...
View ArticleExtremist attempts to sabotage electrical grid unlikely to have desired outcome
Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict. The plots have repeatedly failed,...
View ArticleMan admits to shootings that damaged electrical substations in the Dakotas
BISMARCK, N.D. — A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to federal crimes for shootings at electrical substations and an oil pipeline in the Dakotas that caused $1.7 million in damages. Cameron Monte Smith...
View ArticleClimate Change, Physical Attacks On Grid Leading to Increasing Power Outages
To meet the country’s green energy goals – 80% electricity generation from renewables by 2030, up from 20% as of 2023 – the U.S. government is investing billions on building out a robust grid...
View ArticleIndiana man arrested, accused in copper theft leading to power outage in...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A southern Indiana man has been arrested and accused of stealing copper and other metals from an LG&E transmission substation. Daniel Tinney, 47, is facing numerous charges...
View ArticleInvestigators probe explosion at Velco substation
Investigators are looking into the cause of an explosion and fire at the Velco substation in Pittsford. The incident happened on Monday evening, according to a post from the Pittsford Fire Department...
View ArticleSubstation fire knocked out power for more than 8,000 customers in Davis County
CENTERVILLE — Power was restored Monday morning after a substation fire knocked out power to over 8,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers in south Davis County. The cause of the fire is still under...
View ArticleHow you can prevent copper theft?
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — PNM is warning people about copper theft and how to possibly prevent the crime as they say reports of it are on the rise this year. According to PNM, they have received 92 copper...
View ArticleCity man charged in theft
Kenneth Michael Oschea, 41, was arraigned Tuesday night before Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. DeAntonio on more than a dozen charges, including felony counts of conspiracy burglary, receiving...
View ArticleClark County Targets Scrap Metal Dealers in Fight Against Copper Theft
Clark County is taking definitive action against the theft and resale of stolen copper wire with a proposed ordinance aimed at those who purchase scrap metal. The ordinance, poised to mimic one...
View ArticleEx-Marine from Camp Lejeune sentenced in neo-Nazi gun conspiracy
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A former Camp Lejeune Marine from North Carolina has been sentenced for his involvement in an interstate gun conspiracy. On Thursday, Jordan Duncan, who was once stationed at...
View ArticleMan Planned to Use Drone With Explosive to Attack Substation, U.S. Says
The man, Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tenn., targeted the energy facility to try to push his white supremacist ideology, according to prosecutors. A 24-year-old Tennessee man was arrested on...
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