FERC Must Hold Electric Utility Industry Accountable I previously described what smells like a electric utility industry cover-up of a massive cyber breach which endangered the electric grid – and endangered countless American lives. In sum, a large utility company exposed a massive amount of data that could enable hackers or state actors to gain…
Electric Grid Protection Expert Panel: “Federal, State and Utility Plans for Grid Protection.” InfraGard National EMP SIG Sessions of the Dupont Summit, December 6, 2013. Published by the Center Security Policy. Speakers: Honorable Roscoe Bartlett, former US Congressman Dr. Chris Beck, Vice President, Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Electric Infrastructure Security Council Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive…
“It’s not a conspiracy theory if the government admits they know about it.” Key Words: Government Documents on Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD), Electric Grid, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Civil Defense, Bulk Power System, Cybersecurity, Physical Security, Department of Energy (DOE), Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA), General Accounting Office (GAO), Government Accountability Office…
Summary video of the Second Annual World Summit on Infrastructure Security. April 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Video from the Second Annual World Summit on Infrastructure Security, Washington, DC. (Time: 12:42) Speakers: Congressman Trent Franks, (R-AZ) Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) Dr. Thomas J. Bogdan, National Weather Service Gerry Cauley, President & CEO, NERC John Kappenman,…
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…
President Issues Bulk-Power System Executive Order After over a decade of failure by the electric industry and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to secure the electric grid from cyber threats (among many other threats), on May 1, 2020 the President issued Executive Order 13920: “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System.” (Click HERE for the…
Click HERE for PDF Copy (FEMA) Click HERE for PDF Copy (CNGB) February 13, 2020 Pete T. Gaynor, Administrator Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street S.W. Washington, D.C. 20472 Subject: FEMA’s Strategic Plan and the NDAA FY2020 Dear Mr. Gaynor, Section 1740 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020[1] (NDAA)…
New Mexico tells the federal government: “The public has a right to know.” The State of New Mexico, in an extraordinary filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), just made it clear that the public has a right to know the names of the companies that are endangering us. The issue is that since…
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,…
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