Topic:"Cybersecurity" in M12558

RTU Connectivity Substation Description Substation Criticality Substation Customers Feeder Criticality 23 included in Attachment 1. 24 25 (b) 26 (i) Reliability improvement estimates are averaged across the program and are not 27 available...

AI summary The document discusses RTU connectivity within Nova Scotia Power's infrastructure, including challenges related to reliability improvements, investment in Downline Recloser Connectivity in 2025, and disruptions caused by a cyber incident. It also outlines limitations in allocating costs to specific sites due to concurrent labour activities.

Five Year Reliability Plan 2025-2029 (NSEB M12558) NSPI Responses to Synapse Energy Economics Information Requests 1 Request IR-73: 8 (b) For 2026, by how much is reliability anticipated to be compromised? Are any 9 proposed reliability in...

AI summary The document discusses NSP's response to information requests regarding the impact of a 2025 cyber incident on reliability planning and the adoption of new distribution standards. NSP states that customer reliability was not compromised, no projects were impacted, and no changes to the Five-Year Reliability Plan are required. It also references the development of new distribution standards to address emerging risks like climate change.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 (iii) Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) – NS Power does not currently have 2 enhanced condition data from DERs in any systematic program and DER-related 3 enhanced data is not yet a feature of NS Power's asset manageme...

AI summary NS Power lacks systematic data collection from DERs and is evaluating a DERMS platform. RTUs provide enhanced data on asset conditions, supporting outage awareness, fault detection, and asset management, which can help identify equipment deterioration and operational risks.

Request IR-74: - Please refer to NS Power's response to IR-19 (d) (iii). Has the 2025 ransomware attack - compromised reliability in 2025 and/or 2026? - a. For 2025, when was reliability compromised, how, and by how much? - b. For 2026, by...

AI summary The request seeks information on the impact of the 2025 ransomware attack on reliability in 2025 and 2026, including the extent of compromise, proposed reliability investments, and potential updates to the Five-Year Reliability Plan for 2027 to 2029.