Chinese Transformer Complaint – For PDF Version CLICK HERE COMPLAINT AND PETITION Submitted to FERC on August 26, 2021 Introduction I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid because I recognize the vital role of this infrastructure in powering every one of the nation’s…
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Message to Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Department of Energy
For PDF Copy CLICK HERE February 4, 2021 TO: The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Nominee, Secretary of the Department of Energy CC:…….Robert Fairweather, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget …………..David G. Huizenga, Acting Secretary of the Department of Energy …………..Patricia A. Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy (OE-1) …………..Charles Kosak, Energy…
Critical Infrastructure Attacks Expose Regulatory Failures
Critical Infrastructure Attacks Expose Our Vulnerability – And Need For Change Two recent successful critical infrastructure attacks and one thwarted attack call into question whether the “voluntary” protection of the critical infrastructure by private industry is working – and whether the U.S. Government is fulfilling its obligation to protect the American people. It is a…
Secure the Grid Coalition Opposes Senate Bill S.3688
Click HERE for PDF Copy June 4, 2020 The Honorable Angus King The Honorable Mike Gallagher Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2900 Crystal Drive, Suite 250 Arlington, VA 22202 Dear Senator King and Representative Gallagher: We represent a large coalition of national security experts, policymakers, government civil servants, and patriotic American citizens who are rightly and deeply…
Electric Sector Protests Effective Grid Physical Security
Electric Sector Pushes Minimalistic Approach to Grid Physical Security Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the electric sector would like you to believe that everything is just fine—no further physical security is needed for the electric grid. By way of background, in 2014 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the grid’s self regulatory…
Former CIA Director James Woolsey on Grid Physical Security
Click HERE for PDF Copy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20426 Re: Motion to Intervene in Docket No. EL20-21-000 Dear Chairman Chatterjee and members of the Commission, Alongside Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, I am an honorary co-chairman of the Secure the Grid Coalition, which was founded in 2014 by…
The cavalry is not coming
The cavalry is not coming On November 6, 2019 Secure The Grid Coalition’s Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is not coming” to IAEM-USA Region 1 (International Association of Emergency Managers) in a webinar on long-term power outages and how emergency managers can promote individual preparedness. On August 15, 2019 Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is…
Electric Grid Cybersecurity: A Victory for the Secure the Grid Coalition
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…
Is Edison Electric Institute Helping China Lobby For Less Grid Security?
Edison Electric Institute’s Members Include State Owned Chinese Companies The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), according to their website, is the trade association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Let’s start with Exhibit A—The Edison Electric Institute’s May 2019 member list. You will note on page 3 the names of three Chinese “members” of…
EPRI EMP Study: Frank Gaffney and Michael Mabee Break It Down
The EPRI EMP Study is being billed in the press as an “independent” scientific study. However, it is not. Listen to the experts break this scam down EPRI is misleading the press and the nation on the danger to the U.S. Electric Grid EPRI published their much anticipated EMP Report on April 30, 2019. We…