[Darnright]

Ok, we know this is a major threat. So, please explain just why we do not make it a priority to (a)stockpile repair parts for the grid and (b)harden the grid???

Experts say it’s not if, but when this happens. We can put an overabundance of government nannies at every airport, but we cannot take pre-emptive measures to lessen the impact of an event that could kill an overwhelming percentage of our population.

[PA Engineer]

Ok, we know this is a major threat. So, please explain just why we do not make it a priority to (a)stockpile repair parts for the grid and (b)harden the grid???

Murkowski

The original bill, known as the GRID Act, authorized the federal government to take emergency measures to protect some 300 giant power transformers around the country. It passed the House of Representatives by a unanimous voice vote in August, an unusual show of bipartisan support in this Congress.

But when it went to the Senate, the bill was gutted of the measures to protect the power grid from EMP attack by Murkowski and committee chairman Jeff Bingamon, D-N.M., while other portions of the bill were added to her own energy bill, S. 1462, the American Clean Energy Act of 2009.

“Sen. Murkowski stripped H.R. 5026 of the main elements designed to protect our infrastructure and did not add them to her bill,” said Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition.