Electric Infrastructure Security Council

Preparedness is not sexy, and when the planning and stockpiling work, the public doesn’t see it. When preparedness is lacking, as now, the failure is glaring. If we truly believed in preparedness, we wouldn’t have trillions of dollars worth of deferred maintenance on our decaying infrastructure and systems — but we do. read more >

David Maxwell, former director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, warns that a crippling cyberattack on power could bring a cascade of system failures across society — from communications to water systems to food and fuel distribution. read more >

The causes that would trigger a black sky event take the response and restoration to a new level. In a longer electrical outage, the cascading effects magnify. read more >