Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4143-1009518294-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 10658 invoked by uid 510); 28 Dec 2001 05:45:14 -0000 Received: from n1.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.51) by all.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 05:45:14 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4143-1009518294-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.165] by n1.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Dec 2001 05:44:53 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 28 Dec 2001 05:44:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 49060 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2001 05:44:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m11.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Dec 2001 05:44:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 05:44:52 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fBS5jQx04197 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:45:26 -0800 Message-Id: <200112280545.fBS5jQx04197@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:45:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Utah.Power.tightens.security] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Utah Power tightens security By Brice Wallace, Deseret News, 12/27/2001 No URL available. Utah Power has been at a slightly higher threat alert level since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but it could ratchet up activities if necessary. Ernie Wessman, vice president of health, safety and environment for Utah Power, told Utah regulators on Wednesday that a "careful, reasoned approach" has been taken by the utility. "We're not in a mode to overreact," Wessman said. Utah Power is using threat level guidelines established by the North American Electric Reliability Council but also is relying on the experiences of parent company ScottishPower, which has dealt with potential terrorism threats in the United Kingdom. The NERC guidelines have four alert levels -- normal, low, medium and high -- and spell out definitions and recommended responses for each. Since Sept. 11, Utah Power has been at the "low" level. The company has verified perimeter fencing, checked lighting, increased the number of guards at some generation facilities and changed access arrangements, including conducting fewer tours. "There are other measures -- I don't want to go into the details -- but they help us keep track of who is there, what they're doing and what the status of our facility is," Wessman said. Wessman noted that utilities' alert levels do not necessarily change when threat warnings are issued by U.S. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge. He also said threat levels would remain at the "low" level for the foreseeable future, despite advances made in Afghanistan. The NERC guidelines call for 35 actions when the threat level is high. Among them are to use only essential personnel; stop mail and package services entering the site; inspect entering vehicles; and secure entrances and critical service facilities, perhaps by using armed security personnel. The cost of the security improvements totals $1.6 million systemwide, he said. Several factors are considered when weighing security measures to be undertaken, he said. They include economics, the protection of Utah Power employees and customers and minimizing the risk to customer service. But Utah Power officials noted the difficulty of determining the appropriate measures and costs. "How do you know if you've done enough? There's no easy answer," said Doug Larson, vice president of regulation. "I can assure you that we're not going to spend any more money than it takes to defend our assets." If an incident were to cause an outage, Wessman said, the company could reroute power, bring other resources online or take other action to restore it quickly. The company has experience with outages, including those caused by people taking potshots at transformers or even squirrels nibbling away at lines. "The causes may be different in those instances, but the consequences are the same," Wessman said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Send FREE Holiday eCards from Yahoo! Greetings. http://us.click.yahoo.com/IgTaHA/ZQdDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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