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UK government makes energy crisis contingency plans
The Financial Times has reported that government ministers are ‘drawing up confidential plans for dealing with a gas supply emergency this winter’.
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•Date: 24th Nov 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Long term solutions to Britain’s energy short-fall explored
A multidisciplinary report which aims to provide the UK government with a coherent, feasible solution to the acknowledged problem of the UK's looming ‘energy gap’ has been published.
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•Date: 11th Nov 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Power managenent
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Fuel cells could help disaster recovery
According to the Flint Journal, Kettering University (US) sees fuel cell technology as having important future applications in disaster-related power outages. The university's K. Joel Berry explains that fuel cells are perfectly suited to providing emergency electricity to keep emergency services such as hospitals, as well as businesses, running in the aftermath of a disaster. Source: Platinum
•Date: 28th Sept 2005 •Region: US/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power management
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Power protection checklist
American Power Conversion provides ten power protection points to consider during business continuity plan development.
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•Date: 29th July 2005 •Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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New business continuity tool helps companies identify and mitigate power related threats
Liebert Availability Assessment highlights areas that are vulnerable to failure from power loss or overheating.
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•Date: 6th July 2005 • Region: N.America/World • Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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US and Canadian governments and agencies cooperate on electricity transmission resilience
A bilateral working group from the United States and Canada has been established to address key issues related to electricity reliability in North America.
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•Date: 1st July 2005 • Region: N.America • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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North America seconds away from another extreme wide-area blackout
Failure of two protection devices meant that Canada and North-Eastern US were just 20 seconds away from a cascading power failure on May 27th.
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•Date: 23rd June 2005 • Region: N.America • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Dubai’s day without power
A major blackout resulted in business continuity problems for Dubai-based organisations.
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•Date: 10th June 2005 • Region: Middle East • Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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UK government consults on ways of increasing the resilience of the power supply network
Draft legislation will lead to the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity (Amendment) Regulations 2005.
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•Date: 9th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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US West faces summer possible power outages - FERC
Power outages are possible in the US West this summer if temperatures are as hot as forecasters predict, according to a report released on Wednesday by staff analysts with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Read story
•Date: 6th May 2005 • Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power management
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Designing resilience into secure power systems
Business continuity plans include an ever increasing reliance on secure power systems but more can be done at the design stage to increase their overall resilience and availability.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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The hidden vulnerabilities in critical power supply protection
Your building may be protected by redundant generators but that’s only part of the power protection story.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Regulatory compliance and critical system protection
A white paper which explores the role of mission-critical power and cooling in ensuring data integrity and availability.
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•Date: 24th March 2005 •Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Strong geomagnetic storms expected in next couple of days
Potential threat to power supplies and some other critical infrastructure areas.
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•Date: 18th January 2005 • Region: N.AmericaWorld •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New power supply solution could help remote workers’ business continuity
The Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a mini generator which is just 10mm wide.
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•Date: 25th Nov 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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California Energy Commission report outlines steps to prevent electricity crisis
At its latest business meeting, the California Energy Commission has approved a report that identifies concerns and recommends actions to avoid an electricity crisis that could impact the state as soon as summer 2005. By a unanimous vote, Energy Commissioners agreed to send the Integrated Energy Policy Report 2004 Update to the Governor and Legislature. The Update provides an in-depth analysis on electricity-related issues identified in the Commission's 2003 Energy Report.
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•Date: 5th November 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power man.
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What to look for when buying an uninterruptible power system
Discusses the basic technologies and what needs to be considered when an end user is planning to protect their installation from power problems.
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•Date: 7th October 2004 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Vulnerabilities of US power grid identified
A catastrophic failure of the entire system can result from loss of as few as two percent of the grid's substations, finds research team.
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•Date: 3rd September 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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APX leverages EnvoyXpress to help alleviate energy shortages in California
EnvoyXpress used as the core notification technology for the California Power Authorities Demand Reserves Partnership’s demand response program.
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•Date: 26th August 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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One year after blackout, 70 percent of Ontario businesses are still unprepared
Poll shows 90 percent believe they have an obligation to keep the business running, but only 30 percent have prepared a business continuity plan.
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•Date: 13th August 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Northeast America blackout anniversary offers reminder of importance of emergency backup power
The Diesel Technology Forum provides a power protection checklist.
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•Date: 11th August 2004 • Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Advanced energy storage technologies offer new back-up power options
Report outlines new alternatives to lead-acid batteries in power protection systems.
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•Date: 10th August 2004 • Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Many business networks are not prepared for power outages
New APC Survey reveals that 57 percent of ICT professionals fear their businesses are inadequately protected against future power events.
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•Date: 5th August 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Ontrack Data Recovery publishes tips to protect data during volatile summer weather
Computer damage and data loss from lightning strikes cost the US nearly $2 billion each year.
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•Date: 24th June 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Risk of electricity blackouts increasing: survey
Continuity of energy supply has become the number one concern for the majority of companies.
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•Date: 11th May 2004 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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FERC takes prompt action in response to blackout task force recommendations
Policy statement outlines power supply continuity enforcement steps.
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•Date: 20th April 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Task force investigating northeast US blackout recommends overhaul of security and reliability in the electric power sector
Single governance organisation required.
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•Date: 15th April 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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First hydrogen fuel cell powered online UPS launched
For mission critical applications requiring long duration backup power.
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•Date: 14th April 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Dependency unlimited
For most businesses, electrical power supply is the ultimate dependency, with almost all critical business services and processes dependent upon electricity at some point.
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•Date: 8th April 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Exelon upgrades Chicago Power plant to increase grid stability
Company has upgraded the blackstart capabilities of its eight-unit, 350- megawatt plant.
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•Date: 23rd March 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Public and infrastructure applications power European UPS market's revival
The European uninterruptible power supply (UPS) market is gradually recovering from the burst of the IT and telecoms bubble.
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•Date: 12th March 2004 •Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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UK government failing to develop effective business continuity plans
24 hour power outage would have a ‘catastrophic impact’ on government operations: NCC.
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•Date: 10th March 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Businesses pay heavy cost for blackout: study finds
More than two-thirds of business surveyed lost at least a full business day due to the US August blackout but many are still reluctant to implement business continuity measures.
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•Date: 24th February 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Most US small businesses still unprotected against power outages
According to Emerson’s 2004 Small Business Power Poll.
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•Date: 19th February 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Communications problems exacerbated London power cut chaos
A report into last summer's major power outage finds that crisis communications was badly at fault.
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•Date: 10th February 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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Draft report on Pepco and Conectiv's performance after Hurricane Isabel published
Released for public comment by James Lee Witt Associates.
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•Date: 14th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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US regulator orders power company to fund infrastructure reliability assessment
Results due in April 2004.
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•Date: 7th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Power – the ultimate dependency
2004 will see further major problems for businesses due to sudden widespread power outages.
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•Date: 6th January 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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