By Rich Heidorn Jr. The electric grid cannot be protected against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) without guaranteed cost recovery and more access to classified information, NERC’s Electromagnetic Pulses Task Force concluded in a draft Strategic Recommendations report released for comment Friday. The task force, created in response to President Trump’s March...

By Amanda Durish Cook INDIANAPOLIS — State regulators considered the impact of a prolonged blackout for about half the country during the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ first-ever "black sky" exercise July 21. The simulation, part of the 2019 Summer Policy Summit, focused on terrorist-originated electromagnetic pulses. John Heltzel,...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. PHILADELPHIA — "There’s probably no topic that inspires more emotions" than electromagnetic pulses (EMP), says Electric Power Research Institute CEO Michael Howard. EPRI CEO Michael Howard | © ERO Insider An Amazon search of the topic shows why, he said at the Edison Electric Institute’s 2019...