Tag Archives: Information Technology
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Communications & Connectivity Technology Newsletter, November 2018
This newsletter focuses on communications technologies with potential for major impacts on the electric power industry. This issue examines developments in Fifth Generation (5G) mobile wireless technologies.
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Driving Towards Fast and Flexible Demand Response Leveraging Distributed Resources
The report discusses key market and policy trends impacting demand response programs and technologies. Drawing on literature reviews and industry interviews, it identifies promising demand response strategies for industrial customer sectors such as refrigerated warehouses and data centers.
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Information, Communication and Cyber Security (ICCS) Roadmap
Information, communication, and cyber security technologies enable functions related to decisions and actions throughout the grid—from the transmission system to the distribution system to end-user devices. This document discusses objectives in this realm, the associated gaps, and research plans to bridge those gaps over the next 3-5 years.
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Information Technology (IT)/Operational Technology (OT) Convergence Strategies
Information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) have been converging as grid devices increasingly generate and respond to data. This study, based on a survey of enterprise architects and interviews with executives, evaluates three strategies that utilities are using to deal with this convergence: reorganization, realignment, and stakeholder engagement.