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POWER Magazine•about 2 months ago

•The article highlights the critical challenge for developers and large power consumers: surging demand from sectors like data centers, coupled with the increasing difficulty of integrating new energy sources into the grid.
•It introduces a conceptual 'New ‘Universal Shock Absorber’' as a potential stabilizing force for the future grid, implying a solution for grid reliability and integration issues.
•No specific details are provided regarding the nature of this 'shock absorber' technology, its market impact, policy implications, or project announcements, rendering it non-actionable for developers and IPPs at this stage.

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Utility Dive•about 2 months ago

•Iran-linked cyber actors are actively targeting programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure, posing a direct threat to operational technology (OT) across the energy sector.
•NERC is 'actively monitoring the grid' in response to this CISA warning, signaling heightened regulatory scrutiny and potential for new cybersecurity directives or compliance requirements for grid participants.
•Developers, IPPs, and large power consumers (e.g., datacenters) must assess and bolster cybersecurity defenses for their OT systems to mitigate risks of disruption, ensure operational reliability, and maintain grid stability.

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