{"id":95442,"date":"2019-08-28T07:42:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/electromagnetic-pulse-threats-to-americas-electric-grid-counterpoints-to-electric-power-research-institute-positions"},"modified":"2019-08-28T07:42:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T14:42:25","slug":"electromagnetic-pulse-threats-to-americas-electric-grid-counterpoints-to-electric-power-research-institute-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/electromagnetic-pulse-threats-to-americas-electric-grid-counterpoints-to-electric-power-research-institute-positions","title":{"rendered":"Electromagnetic Pulse Threats to America\u2019s Electric Grid: Counterpoints to Electric Power Research Institute Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/electromagnetic-pulse-threats-to-americas-electric-grid-counterpoints-to-electric-power-research-institute-positions3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of a supporting engagement with the Electromagnetic Defense Task Force\u2019s efforts in order to inform readers on the vulnerabilities within the electromagnetic spectrum. For the printer friendly version click <a title=\"EMP Threats to America's Electric Grid\" href=\"https:\/\/othjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EMP-Threats-to-Americas-Electric-Grid-2.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>Abstract<\/center><\/p>\n<p>In spring 2019, a group of nearly 200 military, government, academic, and private industry experts in various areas of electromagnetic defense gathered for the second Electromagnetic Defense Task Force (EDTF) summit. During this time a full analytical and technical review was initiated on the recently released report titled \u201cHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse and the Bulk Power System: Potential Impacts and Mitigation Strategies\u201d authored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). This essay outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the report and aims to generate further discussion among industry, policy makers, military, and academia to ensure the nation is adequately prepared for any potential electromagnetic event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of a supporting engagement with the Electromagnetic Defense Task Force\u2019s efforts in order to inform readers on the vulnerabilities within the electromagnetic spectrum. For the printer friendly version click here. Abstract In spring 2019, a group of nearly 200 military, government, academic, and private industry experts in various areas [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":440,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1490,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-government","category-military","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}