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Storm Center Data Goes Public

Posted October 20, 2007 8:16 AM

Should electric utilities make outage data available to the general public in real-time? After investigating the pros and cons of releasing this sensitive data, Florida's SECO Energy said yes. T&D World reports that SECO's Storm Center gives outage information, and also provides estimated times to power restoration. Are such communications plans secure or silly?

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Re: Storm Center Data Goes Public

11/01/2007 2:05 PM

Let us all not forget the ever present terrorist threats " could they use this info to there advantage?"

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