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Woman plotted with a neo-Nazi leader to attack power grid

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman spent months conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader based in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore''s power grid, hoping to further their racist mission, law ...

Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System

Improved energy storage. For additional examples, see Chapters 8 and 9. Page 4 Share Cite. Suggested Citation:"Summary." National Research Council. 2012. ... The level of protection for and resiliency of the electric power grid against terrorist attacks needs to increase. However, the level of security that is economically rational for most ...

EXPLAINER: US power grid has long faced terror threat

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered grid operators to increase security following a still-unsolved April 2013 sniper attack on a California electric substation. The attack on the Pacific Gas & Electric Company''s Metcalf Transmission Substation in an isolated area near San Jose, California, caused power outages and led to calls ...

Zelensky accuses Russia of energy ''terrorism'' as Russian ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "energy terrorism" after Moscow''s repeated attacks on key infrastructure knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people ...

Attack on California Substation Fuels Grid Security Debate

New reports about an attack on Pacific Gas & Electric''s (PG&E) substation in California last April raise questions about the vulnerabilities of the U.S. power grid.

Fighting domestic terrorist attacks on the grid with VPPs

By Jessica Fishman. Over the past century, technology in almost every industry has rapidly advanced – except our energy infrastructure. Besides the recent growth in distributed solar and storage, our energy infrastructure — centralized, carbon-based energy production with long-distance transmission to points of consumption — has …

Terrorist act ripples change through nuclear industry

"Sept. 11 was a terrorist attack of a type and magnitude that neither we, nor any other agency of government, had reason to anticipate beforehand," Meserve observed, adding that the attack has moved the NRC to initiate a "top-to-bottom examination" of the agency''s structure and regulatory requirements for dealing with …

2 men sentenced to prison for domestic terrorist plans to attack power ...

The conspirators had a separate propaganda group named "The Front" that planned to take credit for the power grid attack should it occur successfully. The defendants also created exclusive subgroups for individuals who passed the defendants'' additional screenings. The first subgroup was called "Lights Out."

Physical attacks on power grid surge to new peak

Energy . Physical attacks on power grid surge to new peak People are shooting, sabotaging and vandalizing electrical equipment in the U.S. at a pace unseen in at least a decade, amid signs that ...

China Southern Power Grid to build new energy grid in Hainan

China Southern Power Grid, one of the country''s two major power grid operators, vows to invest 27 billion yuan ($4.15 billion) in the upcoming five years in Hainan to come up with a 500-kilovolt transmission grid that covers the whole island, a new type of power system with new energy as the major contributor.

How the US power grid is a target for far-right groups

Far-right groups are increasingly talking about attacking the US power grid to cause chaos and advance their cause, terrorism experts say.

Two Home-grown Domestic Terrorist Sentenced to Prison for Plot …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two men were sentenced in federal court here today for conspiring to attack power grids throughout the United States to promote their white supremacy ideology. Christopher Brenner Cook, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to 92 months in prison. Jonathan Allen Frost, 25, of Katy, Texas, and West Lafayette, …

Unsealed warrant provides closer look at NC power grid attack ...

When gunfire attacks took down two critical substations in Moore County in December 2022, 45,000 people were left without power and one woman who relied on …

What we know about the attack on two North Carolina power …

A gunfire attack on two electrical substations in rural North Carolina has left tens of thousands of people without power, schools closed, a curfew imposed, and …

Analysts fear terrorist attack could delay industrial gas, power …

Energy economists just two weeks ago expected industrial natural gas and power demand to begin reviving, possibly as early as the fourth quarter of this year. ... Power Grid Digital Archive; Electric Light & Power Digital Archive; Advertise; Search for: Logout Subscribe. Whitepapers; Webcasts; DISTRIBUTECH; News. Analysts fear …

Why the power grid is an ''attractive target'' for attacks

The motivation behind an attack on the electrical grid in a North Carolina county remains a mystery. But the method – apparently coordinated attacks on multiple substations – exploits a ...

Recent Entergy Arkansas attacks further thrust cyber, physical …

Agents from the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force called to the scene observed a type of blue hose similar to evidence found at another power grid sabotage scene, the FBI said. "The power grid attacks had the potential to put many lives at risk," said Christopher Thyer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, in the statement.

Human-Driven Physical Threats to Energy Infrastructure

Recent Physical Attacks on Grid Infrastructure Highlight Vulnerabilities . Energy is the critical infrastructure sector that enables other critical infrastructure sectors to operate, making it an attractive target to malicious actors. Recent attacks have occurred against a range of grid infrastructure using a variety of destructive means.

Panel: Electrical grid vulnerable to terrorist attack

"It would bring down the whole grid and cost between $1 trillion and $2 trillion" to repair, said Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md. Full recovery could take up to 10 years, he said.

Authorities Fear Extremists Are Targeting U.S. Power Grid

Officials said extremists were encouraging attacks on the power grid on encrypted messaging apps and other platforms, making suspicious activity difficult to detect.

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Attack on California Electric Grid Called ''Terrorism''

Shooters armed with assault rifles and some knowledge of electrical utilities have prompted new worries on the vulnerability of California''s vast power grid. A 2013 attack on an electric ...

Could terrorists really black out the power grid?

auto image + link. If terrorists are ever able to knock out nine of the nation''s 55,000 substations, the U.S. power grid could suffer coast-to-coast blackouts lasting 18 months or more, according ...

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