Senator Johnson: “It is way past time to stop admiring the problem.” Almost a year ago, Senator Ron Johnson, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, held a hearing entitled: “Perspectives on Protecting the Electric Grid from an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) or Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD).”. Senator Johnson’s viewpoint is clear: We…
Tag: Long-Term Power Outage
Grid Physical Security – A Skeleton in the Government’s Closet
The Government Has Known for Almost 40 Years that Grid Physical Security and Preparedness for a Long-Term Power Outage is Inadequate I have researched and written about the inadequacy of electric grid physical security for a while now. I have also summitted my findings on grid physical security to the Federal Energy Regulator Commission (FERC)…
Long-Term Power Outage: There Is No Plan
The federal government has no plan for a long-term power outage As disturbing as it might be, despite the numerous threats to the U.S. electric grid, the federal government has no plan for a long-term power outage. FEMA recently admitted this at the National Preparedness Symposium on May 24, 2018: “Current planning does not include any contingencies for…