Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
On tactical Public Private innovation collaboration, a number of the public and private sector issues on cybersecurity. Want to also echo frank and thank our sponsors for this event, north rup grumened, and Marcus Edwards who has been our sort of partner in getting this organizes for the past few months. In addition to his day job, hes also a doctor of engineering student here at George Washington university. I dont know how he finds time to do both of those things, but thanks, marcus for all of your work on this todays conference. Ill briefly introduce the panel that we have before us, and then well go right into a discussion with some time at the end of the 50 minutes for audience questions. First, immediately to my left, your right, scott aaronson, executive director for security and Business Continuity at the Edison Electric institute. Hes been there since 2009, working in a variety of roles before getting his current position. Before that, worked on the hill for congressman lantos
Okay, second panel. Yall ready . And just like before, start out with Opening Statements from all the panelists followed by questions from members and i recognize thomas fanning. President and ceo of Southern Company. Hes here on behalf of electricity sub sector counsel. Tom, you have five minutes for your opening statement. Microphone please. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is tom fanning. I am the chairman, president , and ceo of Southern Company and past chairman of the Edison Electric institute, the association that represents all the u. S. Investorowned electric companies. Im addressing you today as my role as one of three cochairs of the counsel. We collaborate closely with our colleagues from public power utilities and rural cooperatives on escc. Im pleased to address the subcommittee and to chair the steps the electric Power Industry is taking to make Energy Infrastructure smarter and more resilient. Allowing us to continue delivering affordable a
Energy secretary ernest moniz talked before a house energy subcommittee. Also discussed the impact Climate Change has on Energy Security, as well as the aging u. S. Energy grid and the areas that should be prioritized. This runs two hours. This hearing will finally come to order. Obviously, four votes and members going home have put time crunch on this committee. I want every member to know whether youre republican or democrat, ten terms or first term, youll have a chance to ask our witness your questions. But that means ill be very aggressive with the gavel to ensure you stick to the fiveminute limit. And heres my example. Im giving myself five minutes for an Opening Statement. America is back. We are an energy superpower. That statement would have sounded odd a handful of years ago, and laughable in the 1970s. But the fact is, we are awash in energy. Today, we are the worlds leading producer of oil and gas, and were less reliant upon foreign sources of energy. Our resources are plent
U. S. Energy grid and the areas that should be prioritized. This runs two hours. This hearing will finally come to order. Obviously, four votes and members going home have put time crunch on this committee. I want every member to know whether youre republican or democrat, ten terms or first term, youll have a chance to ask our witness your questions. But that means ill be very aggressive with the gavel to ensure you stick to the fiveminute limit. And heres my example. Im giving myself five minutes for an Opening Statement. America is back. We are an energy superpower. That statement would have sounded odd a handful of years ago, and laughable in the 1970s. But the fact is, we are awash in energy. Today, we are the worlds leading producer of oil and gas, and were less reliant upon foreign sources of energy. Our resources are plentiful and affordable. So affordable that low prices have become a common complaint back home in houston, texas. Except from my daughter in college who now has m