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Independent Generators: Power producers like Southern Power Power Marketers: An entity that owns electric energy in Texas to then sell it at wholesale "but does not own generation, transmission, or distribution facilities and does not have a certificated service area," according to the PUC. Major energy and banking companies like BP, Shell, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are some of the players in this group.  Retail Electric Providers: A provider an average Texan pays, like TXU or Reliant, to get service Investor-Owned Electric Utilities: CenterPoint Energy is one example of this kind of...

1370 views This article is co-authored by Shuli Goodman PhD, Executive Director, LF Energy, Chris Blask, Global Director Industrial and IoT Security, Unisys and Dick Brooks, Co-Founder, Reliable Energy Analytics LLC The energy industry is well aware of the risks from cyber threats. However, the visibility and sheer scale and scope of the Solarwinds software breach that ripped through the US Federal government and 425 of the Fortune 500 reveals that our software supply-chains need attention, immediately. While it may take years or months to unwind the destruction, solutions for securing softwa...