ISS Newsletter July/August 2007: Power trends and updates
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FERC Energy Policy update - Good place to get current activity.
http://www.ferc.gov/legal/maj-ord-reg/fed-sta/ene-pol-act.asp

FERC assessment of NERC CIP - A review of this preliminary assessment document is beneficial especially if you are in the process of complying to the NERC CIP 002-009 standard.
http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/05-11-06-nerc-assessment.pdf#xml=http://search.atomz.com/search/pdfhelper.tk?sp_o=3,100000,0

Global warming and nuclear power - Low emissions makes nuclear attractive, but this time it there are no promises of being too cheap to meter.
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/jul07/Globalwarminggivesnuclearnewenergy.html

Utilities vs Hackers - It's a constant battle to stay up with hackers and new ways of assaulting your system.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2194040/utilities-sitting-hacking-bomb

2007 Southeastern Apparatus School - October 8-11 register now!
http://www.utilitytech.org/apparatus.html

Mashups  - Whether you use mashup or Mash-up for software it means blending different programs and it's hot.  Many sites serve mashups with Google Maps for fun and function:
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
http://www.mashups.com