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…
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…
NERC’s “Cybersecurity Incident” Shell Game
(Or: The Electric Grid Thinks We Are All Stupid) Consider this: The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reported ZERO “Cybersecurity Incidents” for the last three years. But NERC is withholding the names of cyber violators from the public because of the “Cybersecurity Incidents” over the last three years. Just let that sink in…