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.
Representative Kat McGhee Believes We Need More Transparency Is it possible that there are still representatives that represent the people? The answer is yes. They may be rare, but I just met one. More on that story in a moment. First, the big news. New Hampshire State Representative Kat McGhee just submitted a letter to…
Listen to Tommy Waller’s Excellent Presentation on Grid Security: Tommy Waller, Director of the Secure the Grid Coalition, recently gave this presentation for the Eagle Forum. Here are the two links he discusses with information on how you can take action to help us secure the grid! FERC White Paper: We Need YOU In This…
Duke Energy was cited twice for the same cybersecurity violations On September 3, 2019 I received further results of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests I have filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. One of the documents I received, identifies Duke Energy as the violator in FERC Docket No. NP10-138-000. So, we now…
Duke Energy was fined $10 million for cybersecurity violations – But you don’t have the right to know this! Would the public be interested in knowing what company was issued a $10 million penalty for cybersecurity violations? Do we have a right to know if companies are endangering our lives, and if our government’s…
EDTF Recommends Disregarding the EPRI EMP Report The Electromagnetic Defense Task Force (EDTF) – which consists of the foremost military and civilian experts on electromagnetic pulse (EMP), geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) and other threats to the electric grid – just issued a report entitled “Electromagnetic Pulse Threats to America’s Electric Grid: Counterpoints to Electric Power…
The CIP Coverup Can’t Be Hidden Any Longer The CIP coverup—the over nine year old secret practice of permanently withholding the names of all Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) violators from the public—is now getting much needed public scrutiny. Just so you know we are (ahem) barking up the right tree, at the June 27,…
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…
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…
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…
Comprehensive and Free Aquaponics Book You can download the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 589: “Small-scale aquaponic food production. Integrated fish and plant farming” for free. It is a large file, so be patient. You can also download it in 11 smaller files if you prefer. (See bottom…
