Sunday, June 12, 2022

Texas Congressman Warns Of Cyber Attacks On Power Grid

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Rep. August Pfluger called on the Biden administration to take steps to better protect the U.S. power grid from cyberattacks and from reserve capacity shortages , warning in a letter shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner that these vulnerabilities risk setting off a nationwide reliability crisis.

In a letter sent to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm , the northwest Texas Republican said the Department of Energy “lacks a clear plan to protect our critical infrastructure systems from nefarious actors, like Russia, and ensure peak power demand can be sufficiently met.”

(Full story HERE.)
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