disasters such as hurricane sandy. but there s a rising threat from something called electronic pulse. a 2009 wall street journal article said several countries have already penetrated the energy grid and china and russia have left behind software designed to disrupt it. yes. and that article in the wall street journal made it very clear that it s already been penetrated. so, kurt, what do you see happening if the lights went out? obviously there is much to do to try to make certain that the bulk power system is protected. they are doing that right now. the federal regulatory energy commission working with the north american electric liability cooperation has put togethreliability standards, critical infrastructure procedures that will make us safe and keep us safe regarding electronic transmissions, coordination, personnel training and things like that. there is a good baseline there
now they say they threw him to dogs. did you hear that one? it s incredible what s going on. anyway, kurt, let me go back. why isn t the u.s. better prepared to deal with this kind of thing? well, that question has come up and you ve seen a bipartisan faction come up with congressman waxman and congressman upton talking about how we do more. i think you re going to see the senate speak to this in the committee coming up in the first quarter. so there s much more that needs to be done. as i said, the bulk power system, a lot has been done there. many of the weaknesses are more in the distribution systems and what can we do at the local public service commission levels to make certain there is communication about this, logistically set up. there s a chain of command. you and i both know, judge jeanine, from westchester, you have to make certain and communicate about these things and shed a light on it so we can
disasters such as hurricane sandy. but there s a rising threat from something called electronic pulse. a 2009 wall street journal article said several countries have already penetrated the energy grid and china and russia have left behind software designed to disrupt it. yes. and that article in the wall street journal made it very clear that it s already been penetrated. so, kurt, what do you see happening if the lights went out? obviously there is much to do to try to make certain that the bulk power system is protected. they are doing that right now. the federal regulatory energy commission working with the north american electric liability cooperation has put together reliability standards, critical infrastructure procedures that will make us safe and keep us safe regarding electronic transmissions, coordination, personnel training and things like that. there is a good baseline there
sandy. but there s a rising threat from something called electronic pulse. a 2009 wall street journal article said several countries have already penetrated the energy grid and china and russia have left behind software designed to disrupt it. yes. and that article in the wall street journal made it very clear that it s already been penetrated. so, kurt, what do you see happening if the lights went out? obviously there is much to do to try to make certain that the bulk power system is protected. they are doing that right now. the federal regulatory energy commission working with the north american electric liability cooperation has put together reliability standards, critical infrastructure procedures that will make us safe and keep us safe regarding electronic transmissions, coordination, personnel training and things like that. there is a good baseline there
now they say they threw him to dogs. did you hear that one? it s incredible what s going on. anyway, kurt, let me go back. why isn t the u.s. better prepared to deal with this kind of thing? well, that question has come up and you ve seen a bipartisan faction come up with congressman waxman and congressman upton talking about how we do more. i think you re going to see the senate speak to this in the committee coming up in the first quarter. so there s much more that needs to be done. as i said, the bulk power system, a lot has been done there. many of the weaknesses are more in the distribution systems and what can we do at the local public service commission levels to make certain there is communication about this, logistically set up. there s a chain of command. you and i both know, judge jeanine, from westchester, you have to make certain and communicate about these things and shed a light on it so we can