how smart is the smart grid (susanlyon i tech law09)
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Presentation on Legal Issues with SmartGrid Given Before ITechlaw Conference May 2009.TRANSCRIPT
How Smart is the Smart Grid?Susan L. Lyon - Of Counsel
Spring 2009
The smart grid plan offers the hope that it “will save us money, protect our power sources from blackout or attack, and deliver clean, alternative forms of energy to every corner of our nation.”
- President Barack Obama
§ What is the Smart Grid ? § Who's Building/Funding
It? § Privacy§ Cybersecurity§ Intellectual Property§ Regulations
How Smart is the Smart Grid?
§ Massive one-way freeway§ Thousands of
off-ramps onto one-way streets§ One line down,
everything downstream affected§ Knowledge lo-tech
Current Grid
Smart Grid
§ Electric grid + digital communication§ Efficient§ Decentralized§ Collaborative§ Reliable§ Greener§ Secure
Who's Building the Smart Grid?
§ Government & Academic Institutions§ Alliances &
Coalitions§ Private Industry
Smart Grid Legislation§ Energy Policy Act of 2005§ Tech loan guarantees/tax cuts;§ Daylight savings time changes; § Commercial building energy
deductions§ Energy Independence &
Security Act of 2007§ Modernize electricity grid; § Increased mpgs; § Hybrid and biofuel incentives;
§ American Recovery & Reinvestment Act§ $11 billion - Smart Grid; § $50.3 billion - other energy
Smart Grid & Privacy
§ Monitor hourly and daily energy activity§ Reach into home to
adjust energy use§ Smart appliances§ Share usage data
Smart Grid & Security
§ Spies/Hackers§ NERC (North American
Electric Reliability Corporation)
§ Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773)
§ Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (H.R. 2195 & S. 946)
Intellectual Property
§ Avoid Patent "Hold-Up" Problems§ Identify Patents
Subject of Standards adopted as Regulation§ Obtain Broad License
Agreements
FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
§ Cyber security§ Communications § “Wide-area situational
awareness” monitor & operate§ Coordinate operation of bulk
power system with new & emerging technologies for§ renewable resources, § demand resources, § electricity storage and § electric transportation systems.
Electric Regulations
Communications Regulation§ FCC Regulation§ Two-Way
Communications§ Radio frequency
interference,§ Non-discrimination, § Network
management regulation, § Privacy concerns
