Proposal to Prevent Grid Attack Lacks Power, Critics Say

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): A year after gunfire knocked out a substation that funnels power to Silicon Valley, the U.S. government has promised to make power companies amp up protection of equipment vital to the electric grid.

But draft regulations—written by the power industry—are drawing criticism from experts who say the proposals are too loose to stop saboteurs. Among other things, the rules would allow electric companies to decide for themselves what...

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