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Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 11

Energy Solutions

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 11

Capital Rationing, LNG, and PJM Capacity Reform. Energy Market Update Week 11, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Weekly Power Outlet 03172023 Weekly_Power_Outlet_03172023.pdf 736 KB download-circle Last week we ended our commentary talking about the essential failure of a bank,

Critical Vulnerability in On-Premises Exchange Servers: Microsoft Urges Admins to Patch Now

Critical Vulnerability in On-Premises Exchange Servers: Microsoft Urges Admins to Patch Now

Microsoft has recently urged administrators to install the latest Cumulative Update (CU) and Security Updates (SU) on their on-premises Exchange servers to secure against potential cyber threats.

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 10

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 10

PJM Market Monitor 2022, EIA Outlook, and US Bank Stocks. Energy Market Update Week 10, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Weekly Power Outlet 03102023 Weekly_Power_Outlet_03102023.pdf 725 KB download-circle On Thursday, the PJM Market Monitor released their 2022 State of

Winter Is Almost Over, But Cold Weather Preparedness Is Here To Stay

Regulatory Compliance

Winter Is Almost Over, But Cold Weather Preparedness Is Here To Stay

Spring is a time for new beginnings, fresh starts, and warmer weather. For many of us, it is a time to put away our winter coats, hats, and gloves, and look forward to the upcoming summer months. However, for those of us in the electric utility industry, spring does not

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 9

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 9

Natural Gas, Diablo Canyon is Alive, and Electricity Prices Rally. Energy Market Update Week 9, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Weekly Power Outlet 03032023 Weekly_Power_Outlet_03032023.pdf 749 KB download-circle EIA released their weekly natural gas storage report with withdrawal at

Protecting Your Assets using Holistic Security Solutions

Protecting Your Assets using Holistic Security Solutions

Similar to the cyber security attacks that have been experienced by many electric utilities, physical security threats are also on the rise. As stated in the news, attacks on electrical systems were up by nearly 80% in 2022 compared to the previous year.

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 8

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 8

Cheniere Energy Announcements, the BASF, and Transmission Line (ROFR). Energy Market Update Week 8, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Weekly Power Outlet - Week 8 Weekly_Power_Outlet_02242023.pdf 744 KB download-circle Yesterday we published a blog post discussing some trends that

Electric Market Trend 2023 And Beyond

Energy Market Update 🔌

Electric Market Trend 2023 And Beyond

We’ve just passed the time of year when analysts and market content creators release their year-end review and prognostications for the coming year in electricity. While we don’t want to add to the list of “year in review,” we will touch on some events that happened last year

Blue Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) on a wooden desk.

Hacktivist group GhostSec claims first-ever Ransomware Attack against an RTU

Hacktivist group GhostSec, an affiliate of Anonymous, claims it executed the first-ever ransomware attack on a RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) as part of its "OpRussia" operation with GhostSec ransomware.

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 7

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 7

Natural gas slide continues, coal replacing LNG, and FERC Cold Weather Reliability Standards. Energy Market Update Week 7, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Natural gas is now trading in the lower $2 range from around $8 this fall. It looks like economic theory

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Acumen Acquisition Announcement

AESI-US, Inc., a Subsidiary of AESI Acumen Engineered Solutions International Inc., Finalizes Acquisition of Metis Energy Solutions, LLC.

We're Rebranding! AESI to Acumen

We're Rebranding! AESI to Acumen

We are excited to announce that AESI has rebranded as Acumen.

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 6

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 6

EIA storage numbers, China re-opening, and day-ahead prices in the single digits. Energy Market Update Week 6, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! EIA storage numbers were released yesterday with a slightly larger withdrawal than forecast at 217Bcf. The winter storm that hit East

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 5

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 5

Elliott 2.0, natural gas withdrawal, and Wall Street conference calls. Energy Market Update Week 5, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Another cold Artic air blast is descending onto the East Coast today and tomorrow. PJM has issued a cold weather alert for

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 4

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 4

A wild month of natural gas and electricity, PJM capacity, and Wall Street earnings season. Energy Market Update Week 4, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! Six weeks ago, the PJM Western Hub On-peak 12-month strip was trading in the $80. Today it’s

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 3

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 3

March weather in January, the WEF, and the ERCOT Capacity Market. Energy Market Update Week 3, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! January continues to rage on like it’s early March which has led the natural gas and electricity markets to continue to

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 2

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 2

Decompressing Elliot, natural gas going upside down/right side up, and C-Suite comments. Energy Market Update Week 2, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! This week PJM held the first of what will end up being many ‘what happened during winter storm Elliot’ calls

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 1

Energy Market Update 🔌

Weekly Power Outlet US - Week 1

No more winter, EIA withdrawal, and LNG being #1. Energy Market Update Week 1, brought to you by Acumen. For More Updates Like This, Subscribe Here! The week-over-week comparisons on DA LMP pricing are truly amazing. If we didn’t know better and only looked at pricing, it’d be

Cyber Security Awareness Month Part 3: Proven Techniques on How to Implement Effective Cyber Security Governance Practices for Your Program

Cyber Security Awareness Month Part 3: Proven Techniques on How to Implement Effective Cyber Security Governance Practices for Your Program

In appreciation for Cyber Security Awareness Month during October, we are excited to provide a three-part article series on Cyber Security Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure Executives and Board Directors. This series will cover the following topics: 1. The Increasingly Threatening Cyber Threat Landscape for Critical Infrastructure Operators 2. Guidelines

Cyber Security Awareness Month Series Part 2: How to Build an Effective Cyber Security Risk Management Program

Cyber Security Awareness Month Series Part 2: How to Build an Effective Cyber Security Risk Management Program

In appreciation for Cyber Security Awareness Month during October, we are excited to provide a three-part article series on Cyber Security Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure Executives and Board Directors. This series will cover the following topics: 1. The Increasingly Threatening Cyber Threat Landscape for Critical Infrastructure Operators 2. Guidelines

Cyber Security Awareness Month Series Part 1: The Basics of Cyber Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure Executives and Board Directors

Cyber Security Awareness Month Series Part 1: The Basics of Cyber Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure Executives and Board Directors

In appreciation for Cyber Security Awareness Month during October, we are excited to provide a three-part article series on Cyber Security Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure Executives and Board Directors. This series will cover the following topics: 1. The Increasingly Threatening Cyber Threat Landscape for Critical Infrastructure Operators 2. Guidelines

Agencies Warn of Cyber Threats Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices

Agencies Warn of Cyber Threats Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices

The Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) release a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that certain advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have exhibited the capability to gain full system access to multiple

The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act

The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act

U.S. Congress passed landmark legislation that mandates critical infrastructure providers and federal agencies promptly report cyberattacks and ransomware payments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Read the Fact Sheet here! Fact Sheet Cyber Incident Reporting for CI Act 2021 Draft Fact-Sheet-Cyber-Incident-Reporting-for-CI-Act-2021-Draft.pdf 206 KB download-circle

Supply Chain/Third Party Breaches – Your New #1 Highest Cyber Risk

Supply Chain/Third Party Breaches – Your New #1 Highest Cyber Risk

For years the security community has viewed internal resources as presenting the greatest cyber risk to an entity. In 2021, shortly on the heels of the much-publicized SolarWinds breach, as well as many other supply chain/third party cyber breaches, it can be argued that supply chain/third parties now

Mapping of CIP Standards to NIST CSF

Mapping of CIP Standards to NIST CSF

On July 27th, 2020, the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) released new reference material for mapping CIP Standards to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The latest update from NERC provides much needed guidance on how NERC CIP standards are represented in a NIST profile. Acumen has developed an integrated cybersecurity program