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…
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…
Click HERE for .PDF Copy Comments on the role of transparency in preventing regulatory failures Submitted to FERC on October 25, 2019 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…
FERC White Paper Proposal Would Not Give The Public Enough Information On August 27, 2019 the staffs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) published a white paper and opened an administrative docket for public comment. The white paper proposes ending the longstanding Critical Infrastructure Protection…
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…
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…
