DOE Parting Report Warns of Widespread Threats

DOE Parting Report Warns of Widespread Threats

Jan 9, 2017

by Margarita Fournier; Copyright 2016 by Competitive Assets, LLC.  All rights reserved

On 1/6/17, EE News reported that “Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, unveiled more than 75 DOE recommendations at an event in Washington, D.C., today — all aimed at safeguarding the nation’s sprawling grid from hackers, physical attacks, and climate change and improving the system through research and development, clean energy, and new technology. The 494-page document is the second installment of the DOE’s Quadrennial Energy Review, a sweeping, high-level assessment of the nation’s energy infrastructure and a cornerstone of President Obama’s climate plan. The QER lays out in detail the grid’s data-intensive and complex evolution as more households add rooftop solar and other forms of two-way, distributed energy. In the document, DOE calls on Congress to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure the agency can protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, solar storms, high-altitude bombs, and physical assaults. It also calls for changes to DOE’s loan guarantee program to open the door for more grid-related projects and co-lending options.”

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