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The Next Terror Target? – U.S. Electric Grid Vulnerable To ISIS Attack; Blackout Could Kill 9 of 10

Monday, September 8, 2014 5:56
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The Next Terror Target? – U.S. Electric Grid Vulnerable To ISIS Attack; Blackout Could Kill 9 of 10

 

 

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According to a recently published report, that report states Lawmakers are pushing to impose federal standards for protecting the country’s electric grid from attack in the wake of a new report about a sniper assault on a California electrical substation last year that has raised fears the power grid is vulnerable to terrorism.

 

 

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she and fellow senators plan to ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has jurisdiction over the electric grid’s reliability, to “set minimum security standards for critical substations.”

 

 

The April 16, 2013 the attack on Pacific Gas & Electric’s Metcalf transmission substation involved snipping AT&T fiber-optic lines to knock out phone and 911 service, and firing shots into a PG&E substation, causing outages. The assault had not been widely publicized until The Wall Street Journal reported new details in a story on Wednesday.

 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/07/lawmakers-push-to-protect-electric-grid-after-report-on-attack/

 

 

 

 

 

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