Frank Gaffney Interviews Michael Mabee on Electric Grid Security Why is the electric grid still vulnerable when we have known for decades that existential threats exist? Frank Gaffney and Michael Mabee discuss a billion reasons on Secure Freedom Radio. Don’t miss my article on this issue: Money Talks, Grid Security Walks. Electric Utility Industry Lobbying…
Category: Grid Protection
Money Talks, Grid Security Walks
(Or, Why Don’t “They” Fix Grid Security?) I am usually asked the same question when I do presentations. When made aware of the various threats to the electric grid—cyberattack, physical attack, geomagnetic disturbance (GMD), electromagnetic pulse (EMP), vegetation management, extreme weather, pandemic, etc.—people invariably ask: “why don’t they fix it?” Indeed, “they” have known for…
Critical Infrastructure Attacks Expose Regulatory Failures
Critical Infrastructure Attacks Expose Our Vulnerability – And Need For Change Two recent successful critical infrastructure attacks and one thwarted attack call into question whether the “voluntary” protection of the critical infrastructure by private industry is working – and whether the U.S. Government is fulfilling its obligation to protect the American people. It is a…
Lawsuit: The Federal Government Must Secure The Grid
Why I have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government. Short answer: I filed a lawsuit because the Federal Government and the electric utility industry have failed and refused to secure the U.S. electric grid from known threats and are actively covering up their failure. This cover-up endangers every citizen and business in the U.S. In…
Securing America with Frank Gaffney: Threats to the Electric Grid
Securing America with Frank Gaffney: Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Michael Mabee discuss threats to the electric grid The interview of Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Michael Mabee on Securing America with Frank Gaffney starts at 41:31 minutes. Also listen to the interview of Senator Bob Hall at 51:45 minutes. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry…
FERC: Who Will Be Responsible For All The Deaths If The Grid Goes Down?
The Electric Industry Can’t Credibly Argue That The U.S. Electric Grid is Secure. But they sure are trying and FERC – the federal agency responsible for grid security – is buying it. Edison Electric Institute (whose members include state owned entities controlled by the government of the People’s Republic of China) and other electric industry lobbying…
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Lays Down On The Job!
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Obeys the Electric Utility Industry In a stunning snub to Congress, Public Utility Commissions, elected and appointed government officials and the public, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just caved in to the electric utility industry. What’s worse, this failure of our federal regulator endangers the country and you and…
EMP Progress Report – A National Disgrace
EMP Progress Report: No Progress To Report The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just issued their first “EMP Progress Report” required by Executive Order 13865, “Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses.” You can read the report HERE. It will only take you a few minutes (including getting up to get a cup of coffee)—the report is…
EMP Ignorance Is Bliss – Dr. Peter Vincent Pry
Guest Post by Dr. Peter Vincent Pry EMP Ignorance Is Bliss Kelsey Atherton in “Electromagnetic Pulses Are The Last Thing You Need to Worry About in a Nuclear Explosion” (Foreign Policy July 21, 2020) describes my Task Force on National and Homeland Security (a congressional advisory board) as among the culprits exaggerating the threat from…
China: EMP Threat – A New Report by Dr. Peter Pry
Click HERE for PDF Copy CHINA: EMP THREAT The People’s Republic of China Military Doctrine, Plans, and Capabilities for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack Dr. Peter Vincent Pry Executive Director EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security June 10, 2020 CHINA: EMP THREAT Chinese Military Doctrine: EMP Attack Decisive China has…