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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Cyber Security
Agencies Warn of Cyber Threats Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices
DOE, CISA, NSA, and the FBI urge critical infrastructure organizations, especially Energy Sector organizations, to implement the detection and mitigation recommendations provided in this CSA to detect potential malicious APT activity and harden their ICS/SCADA devices.
Cyber Security
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
Cyber Security
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
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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