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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3197912" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>I was totally involved with power plant security. There is a difference in power plant security and the grid.</p><p>Obviously I can't say a lot, but power plant control systems are NEVER connected to the internet. They are autonomous systems that operate stand alone. </p><p>The grid on the other hand since the big blackout in the NE several years back is at the pinnacle of security in its operation, and is being completely redesigned. </p><p>I wouldn't have too many concerns about exceptionally long term outages. When OGE had the big Ice storm several years ago, we watched the 130' towers topple from the power plant as far as we could see like domino's. Two weeks later, everyone was back in service. The grid is designed so isolated outages don't affect the entire grid. If a 1000 megawatt power plant goes down, all the other plants on the grid pick up on the dip and automatically raise up their load to meet requirements. The "dip" would never be noticed by homeowners or businesses. It's that sensitive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3197912, member: 5412"] I was totally involved with power plant security. There is a difference in power plant security and the grid. Obviously I can't say a lot, but power plant control systems are NEVER connected to the internet. They are autonomous systems that operate stand alone. The grid on the other hand since the big blackout in the NE several years back is at the pinnacle of security in its operation, and is being completely redesigned. I wouldn't have too many concerns about exceptionally long term outages. When OGE had the big Ice storm several years ago, we watched the 130' towers topple from the power plant as far as we could see like domino's. Two weeks later, everyone was back in service. The grid is designed so isolated outages don't affect the entire grid. If a 1000 megawatt power plant goes down, all the other plants on the grid pick up on the dip and automatically raise up their load to meet requirements. The "dip" would never be noticed by homeowners or businesses. It's that sensitive. [/QUOTE]
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