The survey of utility professionals: Utility Dive’s fourth annual State of the Electric Utility Survey, surveying more than 600 utility professionals
The #1 most pressing issue facing utility companies: cyber and physical security
what you need to know:
- In 2015 & 2016 cyber and physical security was the 6th most pressing issue for utilities
- Increased media attention to cyber threats has raised the issue’s importance
- How the issues ranked as very important to the companies surveyed:
- cyber and physical security 36%
- DER policy. 32%
- state regulatory model reform 32%
- rate design reform. 29%
- aging grid infrastructure 28%
- threat to reliability from integrating variable renewables and DERs 28%
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