CEC Taps $500K for Terrorism

In an attempt to counter cyber terrorism on the state’s electric grid, the California Energy Commission agreed to fund the University of Southern California to research how to minimize transmission risks in Southern California. The commission agreed to spend $500,000 on the project February 13. The fund is a post-9/11/2001 plan to help secure the grid, according to the commission. The agency is working with the Department of Homeland Security. The funds are set to be used to “minimize” the impact of any terrorism on the grid, as well as to develop a methodology to predict failures on large transformers. According to the commission, the groundwork for this analysis is based on earthquake research by the university. It indicated, in 47 scenarios posted, that 70 million people in the West could be affected by power losses

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