Alabama Power Hosts Physical Security Conference To Discuss Protection Practices, Technology

By Michael Tomberlin

In an era when everyone seems to be concerned about cyberattacks, electric utilities must ensure they guard against physical attacks to substations and infrastructure that could affect service to customers and cost millions of dollars to repair.

That was the focus of a national security conference Alabama Power hosted in Calera April 3.

The event allowed companies to share their best practices and the latest in technology when it comes to defending the critical infrastructure that provides power to homes, businesses and institutions.“When you think about just having a listening opportunity to hear from other utilities around the country: What do they do? How are they deploying technology? What are their solutions that we need to be able to deploy at Alabama Power and Southern Company and make us better as we go forward?” asked Scott Moore, senior vice president of Power Delivery for Alabama Power. “It’s important that we do that and identify those gaps that we have so that we can get better and make sure that our infrastructure is as safe as can be for the public and for our employees who have to work on this day in and day out.”

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