[MichaelCorleone]

“As it is our grid is mostly unprotected.”

I’ve been hearing that our grid is very, very vulnerable for a long time now. it’s obviously a well-known fact.

Has nobody been working to rectify the situation? That’s unbelievable. I never hear of any additional money or people tasked to work on fixing the problem.

If I didn’t know better I would think the authorities welcome this kind of disaster.

[Iron Munro]

Has nobody been working to rectify the situation?

The US government is preoccupied fighting racial imbalance in small town police departments and preventing global warming from flooding our coast lines in the year 2525.

[MaxMax]

There have been bills passed to the Senate where it fails.
Three so far I think. Some states are taking it onto themselves
to correct their grid and protect it but even then there's a big fight.

4-Billion would fix our grid nationally.

[roadcat]

I never hear of any additional money or people tasked to work on fixing the problem.

Part of the problem is stocking replacement parts. When electrical infrastructure is damaged, utilities replace components as needed. But utility companies can only stock so many components for a storm or other disaster, and place orders for replacement parts that may take months to obtain. If there is a wide-spread disaster like an EMP affecting many communities, it will possibly take years to manufacture the needed equipment. There's only so much money available to make and buy the equipment, that's the rub. People will be without electricity maybe for a year or more, depending on where utilities focus their rebuilding efforts.