The cavalry is not coming On August 15, 2019 Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is not coming” for Lincoln County Maine Emergency Management Agency. Big thanks to Casey Stevens, Director of Lincoln County EMA for hosting this event! The event was broadcast live on Facebook – the video is embedded below. Michael Mabee presented “the…
Electric Disturbance Events are reported to the Department of Energy, but huge gaps exist in the publicly available information Utility companies and grid operators are required to submit reports on electric disturbance events to the Department of Energy (DOE). The publicly available information from these reports is incomplete and confusing when compared to reports…
CIP Violation Database: Exposing the NERC CIP Coverup I created the CIP violation database to disclose to the public the identities of violators of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards as my investigation continues. These identities have been covered up by NERC and FERC since 2010 [Read details of the coverup and my investigation HERE.]…
By Jonathan Hollerman Guest Post Did America just use an EMP attack against Venezuela’s grid? Venezuela is once again in the news. If only I had a dollar for every instance someone has asked me what is going on with the Venezuelan electric grid. For the record: I don’t know what is going on with…
House Cybersecurity Hearing “Keeping The Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats To The Grid.” On Friday, July 12, 2019, the House Subcommittee on Energy (Committee on Energy and Commerce) held a cybersecurity hearing entitled “Keeping The Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats To The Grid.” “Our Nation’s energy infrastructure has become a primary target for hostile cyber…
I filed a FOIA with DHS for correspondence on EMP / GMD Have you ever, while reading a Senate report, suddenly found yourself compelled to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? No? Well, it actually did happen to me. I was reading the annual report…
Webinar “State-Sponsored Cyber War: What You Need to Know” June 25, 2019. Hosted by the International Criminal Law & Justice Program (ICLJ) at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. Professor Albert “Buzz” Scherr, Chair of the online ICLJ Program. This is an excellent and sobering presentation on state-sponsored cyber war….
Coalition plays the long game on electric grid cybersecurity On June 20, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the electric grid cybersecurity reliability standard CIP-008-6 (Cyber Security—Incident Reporting and Response Planning). The Secure The Grid Coalition has been fighting this battle now for several years. The result of our efforts is an improved…
Is it okay for EEI and China to lobby against grid security? We don’t think so! Listen to Episode 10 of Civil Defense Radio: Mike and Preston discuss EEI and China and the recent revelation that Edison Electric Institute – who has lobbied against increased grid security – has allowed the government of the…
Edison Electric Institute’s Members Include State Owned Chinese Companies The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), according to their website, is the trade association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Let’s start with Exhibit A—The Edison Electric Institute’s May 2019 member list. You will note on page 3 the names of three Chinese “members” of…