Author Archives: Paul Steidler
End China’s Infection Of The US Power Grid (From RealClearEnergy) China poses many, unacceptable threats to the U.S. power grid. It can already shut down the grid through a cyberattack and has become a major provider of transformers and other key grid components to U.S. utilities. It is imperative that [Read More...]
Grid Workers: The Unsung Heroes Of Hurricane Laura There is some inspiring news in Louisiana and the Deep South which has been pounded by Hurricane Laura: an army of electricity grid workers is in the region and will be working 16-hour days non-stop until electricity is restored.
They [Read More...]
Postal Service’s Latest Financial Report: A Brutal July As Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was testifying to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday, August 24, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported whopping losses for the month of July to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). [Read More...]
Postal Service Chases Packages While Mail Service Suffers
For mail-in voting to work, it is critical that the U.S. Postal Service not prioritize package delivery over letters, which it is already required to do by law. First-class mail volume and revenues are collapsing, while package volume and [Read More...]
Mail Service Has Deteriorated For Years; Won’t Be Fixed By Election Day (From InsideSources) For years, the U.S. Postal Service has failed to meet its first-class mail delivery standards and the problem is getting worse. The U.S. House of Representatives will convene an extraordinary session on Saturday to discuss the Postal Service and the [Read More...]
Three Ways Strange Bedfellows Can Strengthen The U.S. Postal Service (From FEDweek) As the Postal Service already has $23 billion in cash and available cash, there are three things that Congress could do to better serve it and the American people than doling out more taxpayer funds. They are: (1) revise Postal [Read More...]
Top 10 Wrong Claims About The U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service is receiving enormous media attention. With it having a critical role during the pandemic and through the election with mail-in voting, this is likely to continue.
Misinformation and wrong claims regularly appear in news stories, social [Read More...]
Zealous Rush To Renewable Energy Is Hurting America’s Poor (From InsideSources) The cost of electricity is having significant, negative effects on the working class and poor. A 2018 U.S. Department of Energy study found that 21 percent of American households, at least once a year, must forego necessities like food, rent [Read More...]
Initial Steps Being Taken To Protect Electric Grid From Electromagnetic Pulse Events Over the past two years there have been several positive developments to protect the electric grid from electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events – manmade or natural phenomenon that could incapacitate large sections of the power grid. Solar storms, nuclear detonations and [Read More...]
Full Funding For The Postal Regulatory Commission Merits Strong, Bipartisan Support There is common ground between President Trump and leading House Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee on an important but somewhat obscure issue: the Postal Regulatory Commission has demonstrated it should receive $19.2 million in funding for fiscal [Read More...]