Click HERE for PDF Copy Introduction I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid. I am also the Complainant in this docket. In addition to the information and recommendations contained in the original Complaint, filed on January 29, 2020 and docketed by the Commission on February…
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Multiple States to FERC: “The public has a right to know”
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…
FERC White Paper: We Need YOU In This Fight!
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…
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…
Grid Coverup: NERC’s “Double Secret Probation” of CIP Violators Continues
But, we just won round two against the grid coverup A year ago, I began reporting on and filing objections to a grid coverup involving a Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. Specially, it all started with a 2.7 million dollar Notice of Penalty against an “Unidentified Registered Entity” of the electric grid. The North American…
Karen Testerman and Michael Mabee Talk Grid Security
New Hampshire’s Secure The Grid Coalition contingent puts the word out! Karen Testerman and Michael Mabee talk electric grid security on WSMN 1590 AM in Nashua on March 1, 2019. We talk about Congressional hearings and coverups! Some topics include the problems with the regulatory scheme, protecting the U.S. electric grid from electromagnetic pulse (EMP)…
Interview on the Conservative Chic Chat Show WSMN 1590 AM (05/16/2018)
Listen to my May 18, 2018 interview on WSMN 1590 AM with Karen Testerman and Lynn Briggs! Click Here to listen: The Conservative Chic Chat show https://www.chicchattin.com/michael-mabee-may-16-2018/
The Fight for Electric Grid Cyber Security
“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” – Justice Louis D. Brandeis Recently I wrote about our campaign to fight for electric grid cyber security. The battle played out last week before an obscure federal…
Interview on the Conservative Chic Chat Show WSMN 1590 AM (03/02/2018)
Listen to my March 2, 2018 interview on WSMN 1590 AM with Karen Testerman and Lynn Briggs! Click Here to listen: The Conservative Chic Chat show https://www.chicchattin.com/march-2-2019/