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By Bill Opalka, Editor-in-Chief, Topic Centers, Energy Central, September, 02, 2009 - When fire hit a rural Connecticut home and a downed power line endangered response teams, the actions of Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) were anything but routine. With residents trapped inside the burning building, firefighters didn't have to wait the seemingly interminable minutes it would normally take for a utility crew to arrive and cut the electricity. Instead, in a control room nearly 80 miles away, technicians at a CL&P operations center were able to cut power to the structure less than a minute after receiving the emergency call.  more...
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Redefining Roles: Duke, PG&E Talk Smart Enterprises

By H. Christine Richards, Editor-In-Chief, Intelligent Utility Magazine, August, 05, 2009 - A smarter grid often conjures up visions of meters, electric vehicles, and home energy displays -- essentially the tangible elements. But what really makes these technologies -- and many others -- feasible are the systems that are running behind the scenes. So, this brought up a question for me: How do smart grid projects impact enterprise architecture? To find out, I spoke with Brian Abrahamson, chief architect and senior director, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), and Charlie Ward, enterprise architect, Duke Energy.  more...
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More Open: SCADA Now Adds Security Challenges

By Salvatore Salamone, , , July, 01, 2009 - The greatest fears of damages from cyber attacks to the electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure are coming to fruition. This is happening even after 9/11 focused attention on securing such critical infrastructure.  more...
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Federal Cyber Security Plan to Further Bolster NERC CIP?

By Kate Rowland, Editor-in-Chief, Intelligent Utility Topic Centers, Energy Central, June, 03, 2009 - As with much of an electric utility's communications and control systems infrastructure, its SCADA system could attract the attention of a cyber-hacker.  more...
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Application Whitelisting and Energy Systems: Part 2

By Toney Jennings, President and CEO, CoreTrace Corporation, May, 06, 2009 - Part I of this two-part article discussed the technology behind application "whitelisting."  more...
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Application Whitelisting and Energy Systems: A Good Match?

By Toney Jennings, President and CEO, CoreTrace Corporation, April, 01, 2009 -

Part I of this two-part article will discuss the technology behind application "whitelisting."  more...
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Better Leverage SCADA: Systems Expand to Support New Challenges and Needs

By Charles Newton, President, Newton-Evans Research Company, Inc., March, 04, 2009 - In two recent 2008 surveys conducted by research firm Newton-Evans, utility officials acknowledged the importance of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), energy management systems (EMS) and related control systems in the development of a smarter grid. Among American officials, the role of the control center and related budgeting for control systems upgrades and new systems from 2008 to 2010 ranked second only to the expenditures planned for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Among respondents from the international community, planning for control center systems came in just ahead of AMI and automated meter reading (AMR) programs.  more...
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Building an Intelligent Utility? Better Check Your SCADA!

By Mike Smith, Senior Vice President, Sierra Energy Group, January, 14, 2009 - Open up just about any utility industry publication -- print or electronic -- and invariably one of the lead items is about the latest developments in the emerging world of the intelligent utility. It might be called "smart grid", intelligent grid, "intelligent network" or some variation thereof, but the article leads the reader down the path of how this new era of intelligent systems will improve utility operations, customer service, financial performance, regulatory compliance, and just about any other problem confronting those charged with running the utility.  more...
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SCADA in the Energy Industry – A Janus View

By Charles Newton, President, Newton-Evans Research Company, Inc., May, 24, 2004 - The worldwide application of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology has been ongoing for nearly 40 years. By now, midsize and larger utilities and pipelines throughout the world have implemented several generations of SCADA systems installed in control centers and field-base data acquisition equipment.  more...
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Open Architecture Networks Maximize Real-Time Control and Access to Plant Floor Data (Flexible infrastructure can be scaled for local or enterprise wide use)

By James Clark, Product Specialist, Systems Planning, Schneider Electric, June, 23, 2003 - Many equipment suppliers today are promoting their “open” systems, how their systems are designed around “standards,” and how those systems can be “seamlessly integrated” into existing infrastructure. Unfortunately, many facility managers have found that supposedly open systems don’t provide the interoperability they expect. Understanding the goal, driving forces and advantages of open architecture networks will help facility managers find a system that provides the greatest benefits.  more...
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