General Requirements for Designing and Implementing a Cryptography Module for Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Systems

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1467978· OSTI ID:1467978

Baker, Roger James ^[1]; Cordeiro, Patricia G. ^[1]; Doepke, Tom ^[2]; Hossain-McKenzie, Shamina ^[1]; Howerter, Christopher M. ^[1]; Jacobs, Nicholas ^[1]; Jose, Deepu ^[1]; Lai, Christine Flora ^[1]; Zhao, Jeffrey ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is rapidly increasing in the bulk power system (BPS); they are growing to be a significant portion of generation. As such, grid-support capabilities are being developed and implemented. However, as their presence increases, the impact of DERs on the BPS also increases. Therefore, if a disturbance occurs in the DER system, its effects could propagate throughout the BPS. These disturbances could range from equipment malfunctions to resource variability to cyber attacks.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1467978
• Report Number(s): SAND--2018-9407R; 667393
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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