Abstract
The legacy electric grid is transitioning into a 'present' modern grid due to increasing penetration of intermittent renewable generation at the distribution side, also known as distributed energy resources (DERs). Monitoring and control of such DERs requires extensive data-exchange and bidirectional communication networks. This bidirectional communication paves the way to cyber vulnerabilities and risks for new kinds of cyber-attacks that may have destructive impacts on power system operations. Since IEEE Std. 1547-2018 does not discuss cybersecurity measures for DERs, cybersecurity controls should be developed for securing DER systems at all three levels: device level, communications level, and applications level. This paper discusses the current industry's best practices related to DER cybersecurity and proposes recommended functionalities for improving the cybersecurity posture of DERs. These practical recommended functionalities have been discussed and verified with the industry through a DER cybersecurity working group and are meant to improve the device level security of DERs.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 9 |
| State | Published - 2019 |
| Event | Resilience Week 2019 - San Antonio, Texas Duration: 4 Nov 2019 → 7 Nov 2019 |
Conference
| Conference | Resilience Week 2019 |
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| City | San Antonio, Texas |
| Period | 4/11/19 → 7/11/19 |
Bibliographical note
See NREL/CP-5R00-76208 for paper as published in IEEE proceedingsNREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5R00-74895
Keywords
- communication
- cybersecurity
- distributed energy resource
- renewable energy
- smart grid
- standards
