Grid Threats

Image source: USGS.gov With nearly 60 percent of California in an exceptional state of drought since 2011, and farmers in the state's Central Valley forced to...

If the power grid fails due to an EMP attack, millions of lives could be lost and the economy would take a nose dive that could...

Image source: RedOrbit.com The United States power grid has more blackouts than any other country in the developed world, according to new data that spotlights the...

“The eastern sky appeared of a blood red color,” wrote a resident of South Carolina’s Sullivan Island. “The sea reflected the phenomenon, and no one could...

Americans experienced a record 3,236 power outages that cost the nation an estimated $150 billion in damages and lost income last year, according to a new...

There are so many events capable of severing power on an annual basis that it’s hard to believe people are shocked when a power failure occurs....

With the usual wave of winter ice storms setting in, many people have decided to prepare, trying alternative energy or purchasing power generation devices. Let’s face...

Image source: SacBee.com Today’s homes are all heated as a requirement of the Universal Building Code. While air conditioning isn’t a regulatory requirement, heating is. The...

A mysterious attack on an electrical substation and fiber optic cables in California’s Silicon Valley last spring has the FBI, intelligence officials and members of Congress...

Power failures are so common across the aging American electrical gird that it’s a good idea to plan for their eventuality. Even if the duration of...