Electricity distribution operators and technicians conduct their work in among the most naturally hazardous environments. Whilst improvements in workplace health and safety, training and culture abound, opportunities to improve the safety of operators from a technical mitigation standpoint can provide further guard rails for gaps in primary tactics.

For the electricity distribution grid operator, for much time the control systems of the grid were protected by “Security by Obscurity”. The SCADA protocols and communications infrastructure that was (and in most cases still is) used to control the electricity distribution grid is based on essentially insecure protocols with no inherent design to handle the threat of adverse action by internal players or third parties.

NovaTech hosted an Electric Utilities Symposium at PPL’s Walbert Training Center in Allentown, PA. This event was a part of PPL’s Vendors and Technology program, introducing PPL employees to NovaTech and its products and services.

NOJA Power releases a video tutorial series for their NOJA Power CMS Software Package

Cost Effective Analysis under Renewable Proliferation