Congress Passed Critical Infrastructure Protection Provisions in 2016 The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act was a bill introduced in Congress in 2013 and 2015 and finally passed in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA). Congress said the provisions were designed to “to protect Americans from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a…
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My Comments to FERC on Grid Cyber Security
[Click Here for Background Info] [Click Here for the filed PDF copy: FERC Comment Docket RM18-2-000 (Mabee)] February 23, 2018 Comments submitted in FERC Docket RM18-2-000 Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards Dear Chairman McIntyre, Commissioner Chatterjee, Commissioner LaFleur, and Commissioner Powelson, and Commissioner Glick: Background: I am a private citizen…
(EM Weekly) Blackout: What We Learn From Electric Grid Failures
Blackout: What we learn from electric grid failures What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history I’ve always loved this quote from Benjamin Disraeli. But it occurs to me that perhaps what is more dangerous than not learning from history, is learning from history. What most Americans have…
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry Explains Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry explains the threat of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) on January 21, 2018 in South Carolina. Read more about the EMP Commission (click here)
Ambassador Henry Cooper discusses the threats to the U.S. electric grid
Ambassador Henry Cooper, Chairman of High Frontier, discusses the threats to the U.S. electric grid from electromagnetic pulse (EMP). Read more about EMP here.
A Sea Change in 2018 for Emergency Preparedness
“While each year the hurricane season comes to an end on November 30, the lessons from the response and recovery operations that we are performing this year, under incredibly difficult circumstances, will transform the field of emergency management forever.” – FEMA Administrator Brock Long, November 30, 2017. Building a culture of emergency preparedness is now…
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (Retired) on EMP Threats
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (Retired) InfraGard Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIG) Dupont Summit December 1, 2017 Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, author of H. Res. 762
Bruce Walker: Critical Energy Infrastructure
Bruce Walker, Assistant Secretary Department of Energy: Critical Energy Infrastructure (Introduced by Dr. Wally E. Boston, President of the American Public University System) InfraGard Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIGTM) Dupont Summit December 1, 2017 BIO: Bruce Walker, Assistant Secretary Department of Energy
Ambassador James Woolsey on Electromagnetic Pulse
Ambassador James Woolsey speaks at the InfraGard Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIGTM) Dupont Summit on December 1, 2017 BIO: Ambassador James Woolsey
Threats to the Electric Grid and the Sense of Congress
Bipartisan agreement about threats to the electric grid There has been little bipartisan agreement in Congress about anything in the last decade. Healthcare, taxes, the budget – you name it, they disagree on it. There is one glaring exception: The threats to the electric grid from a variety of man-made and natural threats. They all…