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Tag: NERC

Electric Industry Wants to Defer Implementation of Cybersecurity

Posted on April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 by Michael Mabee

CLICK HERE for PDF copy Protest and Comments of Michael Mabee Submitted to FERC on April 10, 2020 I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid. I have also previously filed comments in one of the impacted dockets. Protest of the Commission’s April 6, 2020 “Notice…

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Loopholes in physical security of the grid

Loopholes in Grid Physical Security Identified

Posted on February 20, 2020March 11, 2020 by Michael Mabee

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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Why Thomas Popik Should Be A FERC Commissioner

Why Thomas Popik should be a FERC Commissioner

Posted on January 23, 2020January 25, 2020 by Michael Mabee

UPDATE: Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee will not seek reappointment FERC is a Failed Regulatory Agency The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has failed to protect the American people, specifically from threats to the electric grid. We need a new breed of Commissioner. Thomas Popik, founder of the New Hampshire based Foundation for Resilient Societies, is…

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Grid Physical Security

Grid Physical Security – A Skeleton in the Government’s Closet

Posted on December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 by Michael Mabee

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)…

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Jonathan Hollerman

Jonathan Hollerman – EMP Attack Against Venezuela’s Grid?

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Michael Mabee

  By Jonathan Hollerman Guest Post Did America just use an EMP attack against Venezuela’s grid? Venezuela is once again in the news. If only I had a dollar for every instance someone has asked me what is going on with the Venezuelan electric grid. For the record: I don’t know what is going on with…

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Electric Grid Cybersecurity

Electric Grid Cybersecurity: A Victory for the Secure the Grid Coalition

Posted on June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 by Michael Mabee

Coalition plays the long game on electric grid cybersecurity On June 20, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the electric grid cybersecurity reliability standard CIP-008-6 (Cyber Security—Incident Reporting and Response Planning). The Secure The Grid Coalition has been fighting this battle now for several years. The result of our efforts is an improved…

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Regulatory Mutiny

Regulatory Mutiny: The Grid Just Threatened FERC

Posted on May 10, 2019July 19, 2019 by Michael Mabee

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…

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Physical Security

Physical Security: The Electric Grid’s Dirty Little Secret

Posted on April 25, 2019October 11, 2019 by Michael Mabee

  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…

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Lawsuit Complaint

FERC Must Make A Choice

Posted on April 19, 2019June 11, 2019 by Michael Mabee

  For almost 9 years, FERC has aided and abetted a massive coverup. Now they can choose to do the right thing—or not. In July of 2010 Cheryl LaFleur became a Commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). That same month, The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) began covering up the names of…

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Grid Coverup: NERC’s “Double Secret Probation” of CIP Violators Continues

Posted on March 16, 2019July 26, 2019 by Michael Mabee

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…

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