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Didn’t know local government owned the electrical grid. Are you claiming we should turn communist and “nationalize” power distribution? Are you a communist? "Are you an electrical engineer? Do you even have a clue what you are talking about? Do you get your information from other idiots on other web sites that simply repeat such nonsense often enough that you all know believe it? Do you also believe in the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, and global warming? How about that “ozone hole” everyone claimed we just had to ban fluorocarbons or else we were all going to die yet that ozone hole is still there even after banning “man-made ozone killers”?"

In Seattle, the electrical grid is maintained by a public utility. We have three dams which generate the electric power for the region, and these are owned by the city of Seattle. I assume similar arrangements prevail elsewhere around the country, and there are federal laws (FERC)applicable to electric utilities.

No, I am not an electrical engineer (are you?), but I have been following this topic for some time and it is a fact that those who ARE experts in the field are concerned about this issue and support doing something about it.

It is asinine to compare this issue to believing in the tooth fairy or Santa Claus. This issue is based on hard science. Google "EMP attack" and it will lead you to the research.

And, no, I am not a communist. Believing in a national highway system and a coordinated electric grid does not make one a communist.

“are you? “

Yes, that’s why I am NOT concerned about the grid. I am also an expert in EMP effects and am not concerned there, either. I know you internet experts all believe what you tell each other but your knowledge of such things is laughable to point of being childish and believing in global warming or the Easter Bunny. In fact, the basis of belief in EMP is identical to the beliefs in global warming: Everyone says it so it must be true. “Experts” are quoted. “Facts” are passed around. And we are all going to die if we don’t address the “issue”.

In Seattle, the electrical grid is maintained by a public utility. We have three dams which generate the electric power for the region, and these are owned by the city of Seattle.

By the way, those dams only provide about half your power. While Hydro does provide the large majority of your power, the city doesn't own enough to supply the demand.

Seattle City Light's hydroelectric projects on the Skagit and Pend Oreille Rivers provide about half of the power customers need. The remainder comes from a mix of power sources, including long-term contracts with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and others.

http://www.seattle.gov/light/FuelMix/

Bonneville Power Administration is a federal nonprofit agency.