Yes, I believe it will 100%. It actually happened a few years ago in Cali. Fyi…There are 3 main grids in the US: Eastern interconnect, Western interconnect and the Texas grid. There are redundancies and contingencies in place. We also monitor solar activity 24/7 and have a plan in place for that.
What we haven’t planned for entirely is an EMP. Some utilities are safe guarded, some are not. The lead time on a substation transformer is 12-18 months.
If an EMP were to detonate over the US, yes I believe that’s possible - wide scale damage in a well coordinated attack and you’re talking upwards of 10 years worst case. They’d have to know precisely where to hit though, and that information is usually safeguarded.
History Channel had a good documentary a few years ago on this topic that was fairly accurate. I think it was called “Life without people” or something to that effect
Do you think the Grid will be attacked?
Yes, I believe it will 100%. It actually happened a few years ago in Cali. Fyi…There are 3 main grids in the US: Eastern interconnect, Western interconnect and the Texas grid. There are redundancies and contingencies in place. We also monitor solar activity 24/7 and have a plan in place for that.
What we haven’t planned for entirely is an EMP. Some utilities are safe guarded, some are not. The lead time on a substation transformer is 12-18 months.
So are you saying it's possible we will be down 12 to 18 months?
If an EMP were to detonate over the US, yes I believe that’s possible - wide scale damage in a well coordinated attack and you’re talking upwards of 10 years worst case. They’d have to know precisely where to hit though, and that information is usually safeguarded.
History Channel had a good documentary a few years ago on this topic that was fairly accurate. I think it was called “Life without people” or something to that effect
Is it that hard to come up with a back up if something like that was to happen?