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This Essential Element of the Power Grid Is in Critically Short Supply

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To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch , a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match the voltage of grid transmission lines. Their very durability shoulders the grid. The company isnt alone in its quandary.

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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Then, to add to the mix, last month at a public forum in Nashville, FBI director Christopher Wray noted that China’s shadowy Volt Typhoon network (a.k.a. s power grid is relatively well-resourced and hardened against cyber attack, at least when compared to American water systems. This is happening right now.” He says the U.S.’s

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