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Was The Texas Power Grid Hacked?

Was The Texas Power Grid Hacked?

 

Is it possible, in addition to miscalculations of man-made artificial weather (weather modification_WM), that the Texas smart grid could have been hacked?

It’s a well known fact that not-so “smart” grids are extremely vulnerable to hacking.  Fiber-optic cable to the premises (FTTP), for which consumers have already paid, could well replace failed, vulnerable wireless networks, with safe, fast, reliable, energy-efficient, cyber-secure and resilient network systems. -JD

 

Link To_Texas Issues & Weather Modification

 

Link To_A smart grid for water utilities? | Smart Energy International

 

Link To SG_Demo_Project_List_11.24.09

 

SMART Wind Power Plant

 

Link To _Wind Energy A Big Scam

 

 


 

 

Former CIA director James Woolsey warning 2011

‘The “smart” grid is a really stupid grid’   Video

 

 


 

The Danger From The Smart Grid That No One Is Talking About

May 27, 2020 | By Off The Grid News Staff | Source

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Nobody knows if the smart grid will actually work because it is a totally new technology that no one has ever tried before

Big government’s plans to modernize electricity by creating a smart grid appear to be a recipe for disaster. Consequently, a grid such as this would be more vulnerable to hacking and sabotage.

A smart grid will be more prone to failure because it relies on the cloud – a fragile and complex network of data centers. Therefore, it would be more likely to suffer blackouts than the traditional system.

A traditional electric power grid distributes electricity from power plants to homes and businesses directly through a simple system. In addition, human operators control the traditional grid at a few central locations. The traditional power grid is less vulnerable to sabotage because it is low-tech.

What Is The Smart Grid?

A smart grid [1] is a computerized system in which artificial intelligence (AI) would make the decisions. People call such a system the smart grid because it deploys so-called “smart technology.”

The control systems for this type of grid will be located on the cloud. As a result, they will be more vulnerable to hacking and software glitches. Humans might not be able to access or repair cloud-based systems quickly.

The hope is to optimize the grid’s performance and maximize profits. A smart grid is supposed to maximize performance by having AI send electricity to where it is needed most, or by selling power for the highest price.

The most noteworthy advantage to the smart grid is that it can harness electricity from a wide variety of sources. Those sources can include traditional nuclear or coal-fired power plants, roof-top solar panels, and micro-generators.

That means the smart grid is theoretically more robust than the existing grid. Unfortunately, the AI and cloud-based control systems add another layer of complexity that makes failure likely.

Dependable, Portable, Backup Emergency Power Supply [2]

 

The Smart Grid Nightmare Scenarios

A smart grid can give rise to a number of frightening nightmare scenarios. Grid nightmares your family might face in the near future include:

  • Sky-high electric bills that appear out of nowhere. Under an unregulated smart grid, an AI or algorithm might have the power to increase or decrease your electric bill at any time.
  • Utility companies can program the smart grid to change rates suddenly and without warning. The cost of electricity might be $10 a day on Monday and $100 a day on Friday if demand increases.
  • A grid utility would have the ability to shut your power off at any time. A smart grid AI might call you and tell you to pay your bill right now or it will turn off the lights.
  • A far greater potential for sudden electricity shortages. The AI that runs a smart grid might automatically shift electricity supplies away from homes. The electricity would be sent to more profitable customers such as big corporations instead. Homes might be in the dark while the lights and registers stay on at Walmart.
  • Hackers have already proven [3] it is possible to take down the existing grid. The cloud-based grid would be far more vulnerable to cyber attacks because it operates through the web. A grave danger would be targeted attacks aimed at specific customers or certain kinds of users. Attackers might try to sow panic by shutting off power to certain businesses such as filling stations or supermarkets.

 

More Vulnerable To Sabotage

  • A smart grid will make traditional low-tech sabotage easier and more effective. This kind of grid will be highly vulnerable to low-tech, traditional sabotage methods. Those methods include smashing computers, cutting wires, or bombing infrastructure.
  • A major threat would be the destruction of internet infrastructure, which might cause a system crash. Attacks on the data centers that operate the cloud might bring down the smart grid.
  • Another way to knock out the smart grid would be to attack the power sources for the data centers. In this case, cutting off power to the data centers would shut down the cloud and the power grid.
  • Increased possibility of catastrophic failure because of more complexity. The smart grid will be a highly complex system. That means that there is a lot more that can go wrong with it.
  • Equipment failures, software glitches, and human errors can be magnified throughout the whole system. A software glitch might shut off power to several states or provinces.
  • There would be no backup available because there are no humans are on duty. The worst case scenario is that there would be no human operators available to switch power around and keep the system operating in an emergency.
  • If the smart grid fails, it might take hours, days, or even weeks for human operators to take back control.
  • Governments or utilities can use a smart grid to ration power. A grid like this can be used to divert electricity from low-population rural areas to cities where most of the voters live, for example.
  • Nobody knows if the smart grid will actually work because it is a totally new technology that has never been tried before.

 

Conclusion

The bottom line is that the smart grid will probably be very unstable and unreliable. Fortunately, there is a portion of the power grid plan that can keep the lights on even if the whole system fails. Households and businesses can hook up their own off-grid sources of electricity and backup power systems.

Such systems will keep the lights on and technology working even if the smart grid itself is a failure.

You may also enjoy reading an additional Off The Grid News article: 8 Simple Ways To Live Off Grid On Less Watts[4]

Or download our free 30-page report which discusses slashing your electric bill by up to 50%: How To Cut Your Electric Bills In Half [5]

 

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“A cyber-attack on a smart grid would have devastating effects on reliability of widespread infrastructure given the potential cascade effects of shutting down the electricity grid since most of the devices in our homes, offices, hospitals and trains require electricity to run. Once a single device is compromised, then the whole grid becomes vulnerable to cyberattacks. Such attacks on electricity supply can grind entire cities to a halt thereby causing huge financial and economic losses. This makes security a critical factor to consider before large scale deployment of IoT based smart grid networks.” Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1874548217301622?via%3Dihub

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2009_Security Expert Proves Hacking Smart Grid is a Snap BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ

“As with all wirelessly-connected electronic devices, smart meters–and in turn, the smart grid–are vulnerable to hackers. And if the smart grid is hacked, well, there goes the neighborhood’s (or the city’s) power.”

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Link To 2011 Article_Smart Grid in Texas

 

 

Link To 2014 Article_Utility Control System was Hacked Says DHS

 

 

Link To 2017 WIRED_Article_Hackers gain switch flipping access to US power systems 

 

 

Link To 2017 Article_WIRED_Hacking a Power Grid

 

 

Link To 2019 Article _First US Power Grid Attack Details

 

 

 


 

 

 

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