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Corresponding Web Notes: Smart Grid (pptx / pdf / key)


NOTE:
CITED U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES MAY NOW HAVE DISAPPEARED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING
(but my cached copies remain online)

"On December 1, 2025, the US Department of Energy changed the laboratory's name from "National Renewable Energy Laboratory" to "National Laboratory of the Rockies", stating that the new name "reflects laboratory’s expanding mission under the Trump Administration"

National Laboratory of the Rockies, Wikipedia (link / cached copy)

"Disappearing Data: Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites"

National Security Archive, George Washington University, February 2025 (link / cached copy)



Articles & papers cited in lecture (in order of appearance)

Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System, U.S. National Academies Press, 2011 (link)

The Electric Power Grid: Today and Tomorrow, Massoud Amin & John Stringer, MRS Bulletin 33 (April 2008)
(link / cached copy)

Securing the Electricity Grid, Massoud Amin (link / cached copy)

Power Outages on the Rise Across the U.S., Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Inside Energy, 18 August 2014
(link / cached copy)

American Blackout: Facts, National Geographic (link / cached copy)

Blackout Risk Tool Puts Price Tag on Power Reliability, Forbes Magazine (link / cached copy)

Bad News: The U.S. Power Grid is Getting Pricier, Less Reliable, Brad Plumer, Washington Post, 8 March 2013
(link / cached copy)

Economic Benefits of Increasing Electric Grid Resilience to Weather Outages, White House Report (2013)
(link / cached copy)

For the Good of the Grid, Massoud Amin, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, November/December 2008
(link / cached copy)

Estimating the Costs and Benefits of the Smart Grid, Electric Power Research Institute, March 2011
(link / cached copy)

The Efficacy and Challenges of SCADA and Smart Grid Integration, Cyber Security & Information Systems Information Analysis Center (link / cached copy)

Challenges in Power System Information Security, Dan et al., Security & Privacy, volume 10, issue 4, pp. 62-70 (2012), IEEE Computer Society (link)

The Architecture of Electricity is Evolving, Albeit Gradually, Stratfor Global Intelligence (link)

Tesla Unveils New Battery to Power Homes, BBC News (Technology), 1 May 2015 (link / cached copy)

Tesla's $13,000 Battery Could Keep Your Home Online in a Blackout, The Guardian, 25 April 2015 (link / cached copy)

Smart Grid Costs Are Massive, but Benefits Will Be Larger, Industry Study Says, Peter Behr, The New York Times, 25 May 2011 (link / cached copy)

Hello, Dave. I control your thermostat. Google's Nest gets hacked, Dean Takahashi, Venture Beat News, 10 August 2014 (link / cached copy)

Black Hat: Nest Thermostat Turned into a Smart Spy in 15 Seconds, Darlene Storm, Computer World, 11 August 2014 (link / cached copy)

Hackers Root Google's Nest Thermostat in 15 seconds - Firm Advises Buying One of its Security Cameras, Chris Merriman, The Inquirer, 11 August 2014 (link / cached copy)

Keeping "Smart Homes" Safe from Hackers, Michael Roppolo & Eliene Augenbraun, CBS News, 9 September 2014 (link / cached copy)

The Spies in Your Living Room: 70% of Smart Appliances Vulnerable to Cyber-attack, Graham Templeton, Geek.com, 30 July 2014 (link / cached copy)

For the First Time, Hackers Have Used a Refrigerator to Attack Businesses, Julie Bort, Business Insider, 16 January 2014 (link / cached copy)

Proofpoint Uncovers Internet of Things (IoT) Cyberattack, MarketWatch, 16 January 2014 (link / cached copy)

A Cute Toy Just Brought a Hacker Into Your Home, New York Times, 21 December 2017 (link / cached copy)

FBI Notice: Internet Connected Toys Could Present Privacy & Contact Concerns for Children (link / cached copy)

PBS This Old House story about "Sense" whole home energy monitor:

(Original full length version found on YouTube at this LINK)