The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response recently announced two Phase 1 Track 2 winning teams of the Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2. The following teams will now move on to Phase 2 of the prize where they’ll continue to develop their proposed solutions with the additional winners from Track 1.
Fend Incorporated, Unleash Data and Physically Block Cyberattacks
- Utility Partner: Matanuska Electric Association, Inc (MEA)
- Project Partner: Fend Incorporated
- This team aims to expand the number and types of equipment across MEA’s infrastructure to be monitored by Fend’s data diode technology, as well as integrate this data into alerting platforms that make use of predictive analytics to help MEA spot problems before they occur. Watch an overview of their solution.
LATEOS, GRID-CARE
- Utility Partner: Holy Cross Energy
- Project Partner: Siemens
- This team aims to identify the most critical threats affecting power systems operations based on AI-tools and power system simulations, taking into direct consideration their impact on the power system operation, as quantified by key performance indicators (KPIs) that can be defined to better fit the operator’s procedures and needs. Watch an overview of their solution.
