A major federal study on the vulnerability of the U.S. electric grid reportedly
finds that taking out just nine of the country's 55,000 electric-transmission substations—on a hot day when they're stressed—could provoke a national blackout
The dystopian, post-electricity world of NBC’s sci-fi show Revolution may be a less fictional possibility than you thought, of a major federal study on vulnerability in the electricity grid reported Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal.
A coordinated attack on just nine of the United States’ 55,000 electric-transmission substations on the right day could cause a blackout from Los Angeles to New York City, according to the study conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The study’s results have been known for months to select people in federal agencies, Congress and the White House, but were reported publicly for the first time Wednesday. The WSJ did not publish a list of the 30 most critical substations identified by the FERC study.
Read more - Report: U.S. Could Be Plunged Into Blackout By Minimal Attacks | TIME.com
The dystopian, post-electricity world of NBC’s sci-fi show Revolution may be a less fictional possibility than you thought, of a major federal study on vulnerability in the electricity grid reported Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal.
A coordinated attack on just nine of the United States’ 55,000 electric-transmission substations on the right day could cause a blackout from Los Angeles to New York City, according to the study conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The study’s results have been known for months to select people in federal agencies, Congress and the White House, but were reported publicly for the first time Wednesday. The WSJ did not publish a list of the 30 most critical substations identified by the FERC study.
Read more - Report: U.S. Could Be Plunged Into Blackout By Minimal Attacks | TIME.com
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