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be the output of the vulnerability/
adaptation studies based on previous
experiences," according to the authors.
"these two resilience goals can be
primarily fulfilled through hardening
and operational measures. hardening
measures are denoted as infrastructure reinforcement actions for making
the power system less susceptible to
extreme events. in contrast, operational
measures refer to 'smart' control-based
actions taken to provide the assets
with control capability and resources
to effectively deal with the emergency
as it unfolds. in particular, the goal of
the operational measures is to make the
system to 'bend,' rather than 'break,'
in the face of a disaster." the authors
conclude that "a hybrid network with
built-in synergy between hardening and
'smart' measures is likely to achieve
a good trade-off between resilience
and cost efficiency. this needs to be

Examples
of on-going
projects in
the United
States,
Europe, and
Japan are
provided.

assessed through a
cost-benefit analysis
that compares different potential resilience
measures and riskbased approaches."
the fifth article,
by Mohammad Shahidehpour and other
team members, is a
welcome addition. the
focus of this article
is improving the grid
resiliency of the illinois institute of technology (iit) by
integrating suitable wireless communication, control, and supervisory control
and data acquisition systems. in their
words: "Microgrids provide an excellent test bed for implementing emerging smart grid technologies. iit has
recently initiated the center for Smart
grid Applications, research, and

technology (cSMArt)
to develop projects to
address the biggest challenges in cyber and physical security of power and
energy systems." the
authors continue with
"the project team developed a software system,
based on the oSisoft Pi,
and integrated it at the
cSMArt control room,
which allowed the project
team to remotely monitor and control the lights at the iit
microgrid. the wireless network implemented with the streetlights provides
a myriad of benefits including remote
metering, on/off and dimming controls,
dimming schedules with sunset/sunrise, event lighting, emergency lighting
controls, automated outage detection,
and performance data analysis."

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