Power Grid Down Drill To Be Conducted By US Government

Power Grid Down Drill To Be Conducted By US Government
Aug29
on August 29, 2013
Posted In: Usa


Power grid vulnerabilities are finally garnering some attention by government officials.

An electrical grid joint drill simulation is being planned in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Thousands of utility workers, FBI agents, anti-terrorism experts, governmental agencies, and more than 150 private businesses are involved in the November power grid drill.

The downed power grid simulation will reportedly focus on both physical and cyber attacks. The antiquated electrical system in the United States has been one of the most neglected pieces of integral infrastructure.

The EMP Commission, created by Congress, released a report in 2008 calling for increased planning and testing, and a stockpiling of needed repair items.

The SHIELD Act, which is stalled in Congress, is the first serious piece of legislation in many years to attempt to address the vulnerabilities of the power grid in. As previously reported by Off The Grid News, a recent American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) report gave the power grid a “D+” when grading various pieces of infrastructure and public services in the United States.

The disaster drill is being described as a crisis practice unlike anything the real power grid has ever experienced. The GridX2 drill Nov. 13-14 will focus primarily on how governments will react if the electrical grid fails and, for instance, the food supply chain collapses.

American utility companies are responsible for running approximately 5,800 power plants and about 450,000 high-voltage transmission lines, controlled by various devices which have been put into place over the past decades. Some of the utility companies which oversee the power grid reportedly use “antique computer protocols” which are “probably” safe from cyber hackers,” The New York Times reported.

The Times said experts call the power grid the nation’s “glass jaw.” Even the military gets 99 percent of its power the same way everyday citizens get it – from commercially run companies.

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Pretty sure its been posted in the Planet X thread or another ISON thread but:

Electric Comets Re-write Space Science

http://www.thunderbolts.info/thunderblogs/archives/goodspeed08/100109_electric_comets.htm

I'm not so sure they won't pull the plug and just blame it on ISON regardless...Old overused quote: Control the oil control the nations, control the food control the people.

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I read recently about how they're (around the world) ready to unplug the grid in case of a massive solar flare.

Believe it or not, that is the wisest thing that can be done. We would still lose most of our micro-chips and such but a complete and temporary grid disconnect could save our basic electricity system. Vacuum tube gear will still work afterwards for those that have maintained working equipment. Old fashioned light bulbs will still work as well as older electrical motors etc.
Pretty much anything built from about 1975 and older will probably survive.