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…
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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…
Electric Industry Lobbyist’s China Ties Questioned
Photo Source: Edison Electric Institute Click HERE for PDF Copy I am the Complainant in this docket. I file these two motions pursuant to 18 CFR § 385.212 (Rule 212). Background On May 4, 2020, the President of the United States declared a national emergency and issued Executive Order 13920: “Securing the United States Bulk-Power…
Electric Sector Protests Effective Grid Physical Security
Electric Sector Pushes Minimalistic Approach to Grid Physical Security Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the electric sector would like you to believe that everything is just fine—no further physical security is needed for the electric grid. By way of background, in 2014 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the grid’s self regulatory…
Is the Tail Wagging The Dog in Grid Security?
NERC’s Performance Assessment Report: The Tail Wagging The Dog? In an order issued on January 23, 2020 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) largely accepted the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) Five-Year Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) Performance Assessment Report. FERC’s order in Docket RR19-7-000 finds that “NERC continues to satisfy the statutory and regulatory…
CIP Coverup: The Proverbial Cat is Out of the Bag
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,…
Is Edison Electric Institute Helping China Lobby For Less Grid Security?
Edison Electric Institute’s Members Include State Owned Chinese Companies The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), according to their website, is the trade association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Let’s start with Exhibit A—The Edison Electric Institute’s May 2019 member list. You will note on page 3 the names of three Chinese “members” of…
Regulatory Mutiny: The Grid Just Threatened FERC
The electric grid just threatened the federal government with a regulatory mutiny if the names of their regulatory violators are revealed to the public. Perhaps a bit of background is in order. There is a little known battle playing out in an obscure docket before an even more obscure federal agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory…