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Monthly Archives: November 2019

Utilities to practice crisis response, address gaps in cybersecurity planning during GridEx

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The Daily Energy Insider carries an article on the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) fifth grid security exercise known as GridEx on Nov. 13 and 14, an event that allows utilities to test how they would respond to and recover from simulated coordinated cyber and physical threats to the electric grid.

The article mentions my recent op-ed on the threats to the U.S. power grid.

GridEx is a very important exercise for utilities, and goes a long way toward providing protection to the grid.

Morning News Round Up: 11.6.19

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In the news today…

Mining:

  • The Wall Street Journal reports the next boom in electric vehicles could be the world’s mining fleet as the industry moves away from diesel.

Coal:

  • The Courier Journal reports, despite the president declaring that the ‘coal industry is back,’ jobs and production are down in Kentucky.
  • The Conversation reports coal bankruptcies are the latest reminder that it is past time for a just transition for coal miners.
  • Argus reports U.S. thermal coal exports fell for an eighth month in September, led by a decline in bituminous shipments.
  • Argus reports CONSOL Energy maintained its sales outlook for 2019 despite challenges in the coal industry.
  • Argus reports Hallador Energy’s sales increased to 2.1 million short tons in the third quarter, up from 2 million short tons a year earlier.
  • E&E Greenwire reports Bob Murray may have been the last coal magnate of his type now that he has stepped down as CEO of Murray Energy.

EPA:

  • E&E News PM reports PacifiCorp is asking EPA to scrap part of a regional haze reduction plan as it requires a retrofit that will cost millions and result in “no measurable visibility improvements.”