Energy

The electric power grid in the United States is highly vulnerable to cyberattacks and other threats, concluded a report issued on Wednesday by Congressmen Ed Markey (D-MA) and. . . Read more

Disaster response and recovery experts are just beginning to fully assess the impacts of last year’s Hurricane Sandy, in which over four million people on the east coast lost power and hundreds of thousands had to make due without electricity for over a week while facing frigid November temperatures.. . . Read more

The clear and present danger of cyber threats to our critical infrastructure, such as the national power grid, can no longer be ignored. Fortunately, the government began calling attention to cyber risks in the form of a recent presidential Executive Order, the reintroduction of cyber security legislation,. . . Read more

The North American power grid is a modern engineering marvel, and yet at the same time it is increasingly a system facing great risk of being disrupted by adverse events. Nearly all of the critical infrastructure elements upon which Americans rely are dependent upon the grid’s persistent supply of widely. . . Read more

For thousands of years, nocturnal light was an expensive luxury. Today we can't imagine life without cheap round-the-clock light. This is just one example of how the U.S. electrical grid is responsible for facilitating so much of the economic progress and improvement of quality of life in the past. . . Read more

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