EMP Protection – Baby Steps in the NDAA for FY 2020 We’re not there yet, but the U.S. has just taken several steps towards EMP protection and civil defense. On December 20, 2019, the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 into law. (Public Law No. 116-92.) The 1119 page…
I filed a FOIA with DHS for correspondence on EMP / GMD Have you ever, while reading a Senate report, suddenly found yourself compelled to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? No? Well, it actually did happen to me. I was reading the annual report…
On March 26 2019, President Trump issued Executive Order 13865. The electric industry instantly praised the order. Or did they? After two decades of inaction and what Senator Ron Johnson calls “admiring the problem” by administrations both red and blue, finally, the President has taken action. Executive Order 13865 begins to put some of the…
Executive Order on EMP is long overdue! I’ll never forget this moment. Tommy Waller, Tom Popik and I were driving back from a presentation in Newport New Hampshire for Jay Lucas – and I was reading aloud President Trump’s just issued Executive Order on EMP. The ink wasn’t even dry on his signature. For many…
Dr. George Baker outlines action items at Senate hearing to secure the electric grid from EMP and GMD Dr. George Baker of the Foundation for Resilient Societies, the Secure the Grid Coalition and the Congressional EMP Commission was the star witness in the Senate hearing on February 27, 2019 entitled: “Perspectives on Protecting the Electric…
Congresswoman Ann Kuster Sends Letter To Citizens Congresswoman Ann Kuster sent a staffer to read the attached letter to the citizens of New Hampshire (and the U.S., for that matter) at the New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit on November 10, 2018. We have all heard politicians make promises, but I take Congresswoman Ann Kuster at…
Congress Passed Critical Infrastructure Protection Provisions in 2016 The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act was a bill introduced in Congress in 2013 and 2015 and finally passed in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA). Congress said the provisions were designed to “to protect Americans from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a…
[Click Here for Background Info] [Click Here for the filed PDF copy: FERC Comment Docket RM18-2-000 (Mabee)] February 23, 2018 Comments submitted in FERC Docket RM18-2-000 Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards Dear Chairman McIntyre, Commissioner Chatterjee, Commissioner LaFleur, and Commissioner Powelson, and Commissioner Glick: Background: I am a private citizen…
Blackout: What we learn from electric grid failures What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history I’ve always loved this quote from Benjamin Disraeli. But it occurs to me that perhaps what is more dangerous than not learning from history, is learning from history. What most Americans have…
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry explains the threat of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) on January 21, 2018 in South Carolina. Read more about the EMP Commission (click here)
