Michael Mabee, author of “The Civil Defense Book” blogs on critical infrastructure protection and threats, community preparedness and civil defense. Follow Mike’s blog for updates.
60 Minutes Tackles Lack of Grid Security On February 27, 2022, 60 Minutes Journalist Bill Whitaker reported on the disturbing lack of physical security requirements for the electric grid. Watch the full report here: This report was produced by Graham Messick and Jack Weingart . People interviewed: Jon Wellinghoff, former FERC Chairman Granger Morgan, Carnegie…
FOIA Lawsuit and 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 the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Federal Energy…
A: We became vulnerable gradually. We realized it suddenly. Papa described it perfectly: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises. (1926) In 1850 – nine years before the Carrington Event and 12 years before the Civil War – the population of the…
For PDF Copy CLICK HERE Motion to Intervene and Comments of Michael Mabee Submitted to FERC on January 18, 2022 I commend the Commission for opening this docket on this important issue. I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid. I investigate and report…
For PDF Copy CLICK HERE Comments and Recommendations of Michael Mabee on Energy Sector Supply Chain Review Submitted to DOE on December 19, 2021 Introduction I am a private citizen who, for over a decade, has conducted public interest research on the security of the electric grid because I recognize the absolutely vital…
Criminally Negligent Homicide? My research into the Texas grid Collapse of February of 2021 has uncovered facts and circumstances which, upon further investigation by law enforcement officials, could lead to probable cause of Criminally Negligent Homicide in the deaths of over 200 people in Texas resulting from this incident. So far, nobody has been held…
For PDF Copy CLICK HERE I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid. I am also the Complainant in this docket. I request that the Commission take official notice of the October 2021 report of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, titled “National Intelligence…
Comments of Michael Mabee to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, October 28, 2021 I commend the Department of Energy for holding this meeting and I commend the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board for your service to this country. On June 6, 2021 Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm confirmed in a…
Comments of Michael Mabee to the Electricity Advisory Committee, October 21, 2021 I commend the Department of Energy for holding this meeting and I commend the members of the Electricity Advisory Committee for your service to this country. My ask of the Electricity Advisory Committee is simple: In all you do and in all your…
Our biggest security problem is not Russia or China – it is electric utility industry lobbyists While reading a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order from January of this year, I was amused for a moment that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) actually had the audacity to ask FERC if they could abdicate…
