While the world is adjusting to a “new normal” during the COVID-19 epidemic, the word “resilience” is making headlines, looking at people, companies, and societies. We hear those terms applied to self-healing power grids, water systems, memes, and shows on Netflix.
Just a few years ago, the key element of the control room wallboard was the one line – the single schematic for the entire electric grid. Today that’s no longer the case. Our world is far more complex and challenging, and only becoming more so. To that end, we thought it would be helpful to create an ongoing conversation about the issues that affect control room operators, such as human performance improvement, our interaction with technology, and the ability to maintain situational awareness in increasingly complex environments. Our aim is to continuously address new and relevant themes across this spectrum, ranging from technology to psychology, all with the electric grid and control room operator in mind.
Resiliency Management System (RMS™) Extends Operation Center Data to Remote Decision Makers and Key Personnel
ResilientGrid announced the launch of the COVID-19 Quick Start Remote Visualization program designed to quickly and efficiently extend a utility’s important operation center data to their remote employees.
ResilientGrid is excited to announce that Mary Jo Nye will join the team as Vice President of Sales.
ResilientGrid, Inc. announced today that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has selected the ResilientGrid OS software platform for implementation of Version 3 of the software tool for NERC’s Situational Awareness for FERC, NERC and the Regional Entities (SAFNR v3) initiative, which will cover the North American bulk power system.
Stephen G. Maysonave, veteran of multiple startups, including six years as CEO and running five worldwide sales operations, three of which were built from scratch. Experienced Board Member and tech investor with five exits by acquisition and two via IPO.
ResilientGrid Founder & CEO, Mike Legatt, PhD, will give a full day seminar on February 8, 2019 and again on April 25, 2019, on the principles he’s used for more than a decade to help electric utilities and grid operators perform their best. He’ll showcase the methods behind his development of ResilientGrid Map, and its predecessor which is still in use at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
A resilient grid requires both a fully-functioning, robust IT and OT infrastructure, AND highly trained, well-performing control room operators. Human Factors Engineering provides us a scientific basis for viewing operator performance.
The electric power grid continues the process of morphing into something new we haven’t seen before. This rapid transformation, with hundreds of thousands of assets already massing at the grid edge, will ultimately involve millions of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices.
What issues are you grappling with in your control room?
