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…
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How the electric utility industry torpedoed grid security
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…
Government Misses the Boat on Grid Security – Again
Once again, the government misses the boat on grid security. On July 28, 2021 President Biden issued a “National Security Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems.” Here is the problem: It is still voluntary for electric utility companies to protect the electric grid: Accordingly, I have established an Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity…