On cspan 3 committee will come to order. Today were discussing a topic. Theres Cyber Security and how to stop the bad guys. Whats not been discussed in great detail is what the consequence will be from a massive cyber attack that brings down for example a large portion of the electric for an amount of time. With the electrical power system is, what consequences should the federal government tell the state and local government to prepare for . In other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power . The federal government does not now for every significant hazard that we face. Whether its a category five hurricane hitting miami or an 8. 0 hurricane. The federal government does not have the basic planning scenario for a cyber threat in the you power system, and theres a huge disparity in different groups think and what is a potentialle scenario in what state and local government should prepare. Its significant for the local government. If the power