The U.S. continues to import large transformers from China in 2022. Click HERE for PDF Copy Motion of Complainant Requesting FERC Take Official Notice Submitted to FERC on December 7, 2022 I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid. I am also the Complainant in this…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Click Here for PDF Copy 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 role of this infrastructure in powering every one of the nation’s 16 critical infrastructures and in undergirding not just the…
Texas Grid Collapse Complaint: For PDF Copy Click Here Introduction I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid because I recognize the absolutely vital role of this infrastructure in powering every one of the nation’s 16 critical infrastructures and in undergirding not just the well-being…
Large Power Transformers are the Backbone of our Electric Grid Okay class. Let’s try a word problem: If large power transformers are the backbone of our electric grid, and we have bought 300 large power transformers from China – what could possibly go wrong? Between 2006 and 2019, according to data from the U.S. International…
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…
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…
