Everything works — and will continue to work — as long as we have electricity. It’s what keeps the lights on, the oxygen flowing, the information going. Everything is the grid, the grid, the grid.” (Emphasis added) by Peggy Noonan, who once wrote speeches for President Ronald Reagan Read Full Story
“So . . . the Republicans had a plan of about 750 [million] . . . The Democrats were a little less than a trillion and I’m suggesting two trillion dollars. We redo our roads, our highways, our bridges, we fix up our tunnels.” ~ President Donald J. Trump Read Full Story
“There are a million warnings out there on a million serious things. We add one: Everything works — and will continue to work — as long as we have electricity. It’s what keeps the lights on, the oxygen flowing, the information going. Everything is the grid, the grid, the grid.” (Emphasis added) ~ Peggy Noonan in the March 21-22, 2020 Wall Street Journal Read Full Story
This message provides a direct link to a very important report, “Preserving Operational Continuity for Electric Utility Control Rooms During the COVID-19 Pandemic” from the Foundation of Resilient Societies on whose Board of Directors I serve. Read Full Story
Little public attention has been paid to the vital role of electricity to America’s ability to confront the growing COVID-19 pandemic — and to assuring viable operations of the electric power grid through this stressful time. Not only are there external threats to our ability to assure this capability, the pandemic itself could cause cascading failure of the grid, leading to numerous fatalities. Read Full Story
The source of COVID-19, without exaggeration, was in Wuhan, China, justifying some to refer to it as the Wuhan or China coronavirus, notwithstanding claims of some that such a label is racist. Moreover, we should be wary of the rapid pace at which COVID-19 may expand in the United States and the possibilities of unanticipated consequences. Read Full Story
“The vulnerability of U.S. critical infrastructure to cyber, physical and electromagnetic attacks means that adversaries could disrupt military command and control, banking and financial operations, the electrical grid and means of communication.” ~ President Trump Read Full Story
“I appreciate the urging that we not let our guard down … recognizing that this [threat] is complicated and multifaceted … truly daunting … and that we need to start out locally … It is important that we in congress be reminded of the urgency and imperative of our task and I think we were given that message this morning. ” Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK),Chairlady of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the conclusion of the May 4, 2017 Hearing on EMP and policy options to protect the grid. Read Full Story
“. . . Congress should look at EMP attacks as one of the three great threats to our survival, the other two being cyber warfare and nuclear weapons. And they should regard all three as catastrophic. For us to survive as a civilization we have to be able to defeat all three . . . [Not to do so is] gambling with our civilization . . . ” Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at the May 4, 2017 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on EMP and Policy Options to Protect the Grid. Read Full Story
“I appreciate the urging that we not let our guard down … recognizing that this [threat] is complicated and multifaceted … truly daunting … and that we need to start out locally … It is important that we in congress be reminded of the urgency and imperative of our task and I think we were given that message this morning. ” Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Chairlady of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the conclusion of a Hearing on EMP and policy options to protect the grid. Read Full Story
We will be adding key policy briefs as we progress.