Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Attack Vectors

Maggie Morganti of Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) looks at "demand side" attacks - getting into devices on the consumer side and causing the problems with grid reliability. Particularly looking at demand side attacks on low inertia systems. A utility doesn't have jurisdiction to protect a customer's system.

She moves from the typical air conditioner demand side model to looking at the larger power consumption devices or sites, such as a poorly protected small or medium sized manufacturing plant. And then how the grid inertia is decreasing.

Maggie finishes with some ORNL research projects trying to address these attacks.

[maggiesewell]

Great talk! Super interesting presentation from a very informed and intelligent speaker.