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Electrical outages. cyber attacks ?

What's the chances of the power outages and airport problems being cyber attacks.     Is that possible.   I would think so  ?


Gary

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  • AJJewsbury:

    . . . It would be interesting to know how the grid "decided" which parts of the network to shed load from - in some ways the choices made (e.g. rail traction supplies) might not have been optimal from the bigger picture point of view. . . 


    . . . I wonder how things might have been different if everyone had had smart meters installed - in theory then the grid could have responded by directing , via the smart meter network, low priority appliances to shut down - so spreading the load shedding almost invisibly across the whole network possibly avoiding the need for complete power cuts for anyone. . . 




    The decision of which bits of network to shed is made by the DNOs, although the “how much” at what value of frequency will be set in the Grid Code. 


    On on your other point, I am not sure that Smart Meters are going to be quick enough to implement this drastic action. For a small drop, fair enough, but having seen the frequency graph from last night, time would be something there was not a great deal of. 


    Regards,


    Alan. 

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  • AJJewsbury:

    . . . It would be interesting to know how the grid "decided" which parts of the network to shed load from - in some ways the choices made (e.g. rail traction supplies) might not have been optimal from the bigger picture point of view. . . 


    . . . I wonder how things might have been different if everyone had had smart meters installed - in theory then the grid could have responded by directing , via the smart meter network, low priority appliances to shut down - so spreading the load shedding almost invisibly across the whole network possibly avoiding the need for complete power cuts for anyone. . . 




    The decision of which bits of network to shed is made by the DNOs, although the “how much” at what value of frequency will be set in the Grid Code. 


    On on your other point, I am not sure that Smart Meters are going to be quick enough to implement this drastic action. For a small drop, fair enough, but having seen the frequency graph from last night, time would be something there was not a great deal of. 


    Regards,


    Alan. 

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