#electrical power grid

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Texas’ Winter Electrical Grid Failures Highlight Nation’s Vulnerability To EMP Attacks

Texas’ Winter Electrical Grid Failures Highlight Nation’s Vulnerability To EMP Attacks

By Peter Brookes and Ryan Williams ~ During the blackout last month, several million customers were without power in Texas. Indeed, nearly half of the state’s electricity production was interrupted at one time as a result of the record cold temperatures. An electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, generated above the geographic center of the United States could destabilize much, if not most, of the U.S.…

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The Grid: Everyone Knows The Word – Few Understand It

The Grid: Everyone Knows The Word – Few Understand It

By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ When we flip the switch, the lights come on without anyone thinking about it. This has only been true for the last 100 years in metropolitan areas, and for only about 80 in rural areas with the enactment of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. In 1935, only 25 percent of rural homes in the United States had electricity, and there are people alive today who grew up without it.…

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New Study On Electricity Grid Suggests The Need For Market Reforms

New Study On Electricity Grid Suggests The Need For Market Reforms

By Nicolas Loris ~ The Department of Energy recently released its much-anticipated report on electricity markets and grid reliability. Much like the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match, the main event was compelling but completely overhyped. But despite the unnecessary politicization, the study does provide useful information that federal and state policymakers should leverage to…

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Energy Department Looks At Green Impact On Power Grid

Energy Department Looks At Green Impact On Power Grid

By Fred Lucas ~ Energy Secretary Rick Perry said the upcoming Department of Energy study on power grid’s reliability is needed to address the facts after the Obama administration placed a premium on politics—but green energy is reportedly ready to push back. The study, set to be released in the coming weeks, will look at the effect of green energy subsidies on the electrical grid. “We need to…

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Regional Power Grids Face Three Dangerous Threats

Regional Power Grids Face Three Dangerous Threats

Cyber and physical attacks — and the dangerous green energy balancing act By Larry Bell ~ Foreign and homegrown cyber and physical attacks upon America’s sprawling, complex, and fragile infrastructure of power lines and control stations were never contemplated throughout the system’s more than century-long creation. Nevertheless, coordinated assaults upon a small number of these soft targets can…

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New Report: Sabotaging America’s Power Grid Is Far Easier Than We Were Told

New Report: Sabotaging America’s Power Grid Is Far Easier Than We Were Told

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By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News

Hackers wanting to sabotage the US power grid or other critical infrastructure can do so with a simple Internet search, primarily because some critical systems are outdated and lack even password protection, an NBC News investigation has found.

The shocking findings mean that dams, traffic controls, stadiums and America’s…

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Apple’s Tim Cook Says This Everyday Low-Cost Device Could Wipe Out The Entire Power Grid

Apple’s Tim Cook Says This Everyday Low-Cost Device Could Wipe Out The Entire Power Grid

By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks that hackers could use a smartphone to bring down the electric grid.

Cook made the admission during a wide-ranging interview with Time in which he defended the company’s stance on encryption and its opposition to an FBI request to unlock a terrorist’s smartphone.

The world needs more encryption, Cook said, not less.

“Think about…

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House Homeland Security Chairman Warns Hackers Will Target U.S. Power Grid

House Homeland Security Chairman Warns Hackers Will Target U.S. Power Grid

By J. D. Heyes – Natural News

(NaturalNews) In his 2010 book, Cyber War, Richard Clarke — a national security expert for several presidential administrations and the nation’s first cyber security czar — warned that the country’s Internet-based, electronically controlled infrastructure was at risk.

He said then that both state and non-state actors had developed the capability to hack into U.S.…

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