Maurice Martin

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory

This white paper presents a reference architecture and associated profiles as tools for improving cybersecurity implementation at electric utilities. Reference architectures are sets of documents that provide templates for the design or upgrade of systems in a variety of domains. If system designers work within a reference architecture, they are no...

This report provides basic guidance for electric utilities interested in improving their cybersecurity posture. The guidance is specifically intended for small and under-resourced utilities.

Distributed energy resources (DERs) promise to deliver benefits for both utilities and consumers by dynamically interoperating utility systems with customer-owned grid-edge technologies. These small energy-consuming devices are increasingly being aggregated for participation in grid markets, planning and operations. A cyber attack penetrating the c...

Small electricity utilities—those with less than 100 employees or 50,000 meters—provide essential services to large parts of the United States while facing a number of challenges unique to their mission. For instance, they often serve areas that are sparsely populated, meaning that their per-customer cost to provide service is higher. At the same t...