Weekender: Sophisticated hackers could crash the US power grid, but money, not sabotage, is their focus

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BROUGHT TO YOU BY — Panasonic Empower your solar business with storage. As solar installations thrive, homeowners seek extra protection from grid outages. Our Special Report on battery storage provides the missing piece. Read now.   Deep Dive Sophisticated hackers could crash the US power grid, but money, not sabotage, is their focus For now, the capability remains in the hands of nation-state actors. But "sophistication can ultimately be bought," Edison Electric Institute Vice President for Security and Preparedness Scott Aaronson said. Avangrid, NextEra duke it out over a 145-mile transmission line in the Maine woods Why have power companies spent nearly $100 million to sway voters on a ballot initiative in this sparsely populated state? Follow the money. NextEra's failure to upgrade Seabrook plant jeopardizes planned $1B transmission line, Avangrid warns The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision in the interconnection dispute could affect clean energy ambitions nationwide, Massachusetts officials warned. Sponsored Content by ABS Group eBook: the beginner's guide to industrial cybersecurity If OT hackers penetrate your operations, it can trigger shutdowns, malfunctions and loss of human life. To prevent this, you need an OT cybersecurity plan. Get the ebook. AEP to sell Kentucky operations to Liberty for $2.85B and use proceeds for renewables, transmission AEP plans to add 16,600 MW of renewable energy generation and cut its carbon emissions 80% below 2000 levels by 2030. Honeywell enters energy storage market, teams with Duke to test 12-hour flow battery tech The conglomerate will test a 400 kWh flow battery at Duke's Mount Holly microgrid test bed. If successful, Honeywell plans to deploy a utility-scale pilot project of 60 MWh in 2023. PJM, market monitor urge FERC to reject SOO Green proposal, saying it will upend the capacity market Letting SOO Green's transmission line skirt PJM's rules would hurt reliability and lower capacity prices, the grid operator and Monitoring Analytics said. Biden proposes $550B in 'historic' clean energy, climate spending with Build Back Better framework The president's updated framework for a legislative reconciliation package includes $320 billion in tax credits for emissions-free power, transmission, energy storage and electric vehicles. BROUGHT TO YOU BY — ESS Inc. Safe, sustainable long-duration energy storage Our low-cost iron flow batteries provide up to 12 hours of flexible stored energy – enabling project developers, utilities and facility owners to transition to non-lithium-ion storage that's better suited for the grid and the environment. Learn more. From Our Library Podcast Where's the energy cloud going?: Storm Protection Guidehouse Trendline The 2021 reformation of the utility business model View all resources Best of What We're Reading GREENVILLE JOURNAL S.C. Supreme Court rules against Duke Energy's $1B coal ash clean-up plan CNBC 13 years ago, Elon Musk made a bold prediction about the cost of electric cars — and he was right The New York Times Old Power Gear Is Slowing Use of Clean Energy and Electric Cars E&E News Interior takes major steps on offshore wind in Atlantic, Gulf CNBC Biden spending framework includes $555 billion in climate incentives Grist Congress plans to cut emissions with no regulation. Will it work? Suggest a story we should read Dive Into a Topic Generation T&D Grid Reliability Electrification Load Management Renewables Energy Storage Distributed Energy Regulation & Policy Corporate News Share Utility Dive: Daily Dive with others and get rewarded. You've referred 0 readers. To become an official Dive Insider, just successfully refer 10 contacts to Utility Dive: Daily Dive. Here's your link to share: https://www.utilitydive.com/signup/insiders/?signup_referred_by=5f93078d7aa51972095c9316

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