60 Minutes Tackles Lack of Grid Security On February 27, 2022, 60 Minutes Journalist Bill Whitaker reported on the disturbing lack of physical security requirements for the electric grid. Watch the full report here: This report was produced by Graham Messick and Jack Weingart . People interviewed: Jon Wellinghoff, former FERC Chairman Granger Morgan, Carnegie…
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Physical Security: The Electric Grid’s Dirty Little Secret
Physical security requirements for the electric grid—and their enforcement—are largely non-existent 6 years after the Metcalf attack At approximately 1:00 a.m. on April 16, 2013, a major PG&E transformer substation in Metcalf California was attacked. The attack was well-planned and sophisticated. One year later, the Metcalf station was struck again when the fence was…