In our last post What is a Wide Area Blackout?, we defined a wide area blackout as an incident in which part of the electric power...

Whether caused by an attack on power grid infrastructure, a design deficiency, or human error, wide area blackouts are a threat to...

Every asset of the electric power grid, from open air substations to enclosed substations and overhead transmission lines, is vulnerable...

Electric utilities must enhance their preparedness for recovery from a targeted attack on critical electric power grid infrastructure, as...

Physical security practices for the electric utility industry have been stagnant for years. The April 16, 2013 assault on Pacific Gas and...

The recent cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline has spurred nationwide discussions on what should be done to strengthen cybersecurity for...

During the global transition to small scale, renewable energy, electric utilities will need to revise their rate structures so that...

In the first part of this series, I presented the capabilities and benefits of load sequencing panels (LSPs) for residential consumers....

As discussed in my previous post about the Texas energy crisis this past February, a major issue facing energy consumers today is that...

When electrical systems are installed in residences, safety is a primary consideration. Among other technologies designed to keep people...

This past weekend, much of Northwest Oregon was issued a red flag warning by the National Weather Service, one of the earliest such...

Though often called rolling blackouts in the news, a better term for an outage used as a safety measure to prevent wildfires is...

In recent years some energy providers, including those in Texas, have begun offering market-based billing options. Market-based billing...

From the earliest electric power systems until today, distribution lines have been designed and constructed solely to transfer power from...

The electric power grid is designed to transmit power from central generating stations (ex: power plants) to areas of power consumption...

A delay, detect, respond strategy is no longer effective as the only means of power system security. We need to move beyond the NERC...

As we discussed in our previous post, threats to facilities within the electric power system are difficult to predict. To help mitigate...

Threats to critical infrastructure occur within the U.S. multiple times a year, across all industries. Essential infrastructure to the...

Rotating outages (a.k.a. rolling blackouts) were once the last resort during a power crisis. But in recent years, they are becoming more...

As of yesterday, February 17, 2021, around 4 million residents in Texas faced winter storm conditions and extremely cold temperatures...