Vulnerability of the Nation's Electric Systems to Multi-site Terrorist Attack : Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, June 28, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 151 pages |
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... economic damage to utilities and to society . Chairman GLENN . Could I interrupt ? I guess I should probably save this until later , but I will interrupt right now because I think it is important . Who will control the parts of this ...
... economic damage to utilities and to society . Chairman GLENN . Could I interrupt ? I guess I should probably save this until later , but I will interrupt right now because I think it is important . Who will control the parts of this ...
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... Economic damage can be very great . Impacts include lost production and sales , damaged equipment and data , public health and safety threats , and the much higher costs of replacement power . An extended power short- age could cost ...
... Economic damage can be very great . Impacts include lost production and sales , damaged equipment and data , public health and safety threats , and the much higher costs of replacement power . An extended power short- age could cost ...
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... economic disruption . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . That concludes my remarks . I would like to include the Introduction and Summary of the OTA report as a supplement to my testimony . That is Chapter 1. My colleague , Dr. Robin Roy , will ...
... economic disruption . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . That concludes my remarks . I would like to include the Introduction and Summary of the OTA report as a supplement to my testimony . That is Chapter 1. My colleague , Dr. Robin Roy , will ...
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... economic harm . It would not be terribly difficult to target those facilities in this country . Today's report by the Office of Technology Assessment concludes that two or three individual terror- ists using only off - the - shelf ...
... economic harm . It would not be terribly difficult to target those facilities in this country . Today's report by the Office of Technology Assessment concludes that two or three individual terror- ists using only off - the - shelf ...
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... economic point of view , but also for assistance in re- sponding to the emergency . Sixth , on the tempo of the response , at the Federal level we should rely on State and local assessments of need in the initial re- sponse phase . We ...
... economic point of view , but also for assistance in re- sponding to the emergency . Sixth , on the tempo of the response , at the Federal level we should rely on State and local assessments of need in the initial re- sponse phase . We ...
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activities addition American Electric Reliability analysis Badolato capacity cause Chairman GLENN circuit breakers Committee communication components Con Ed coordination costs CRANE customers damage Department of Energy Disasters and Sabotage disruption earthquake economic electric power industry electric power systems Electric Reliability Council Electric Systems electric utilities emergency preparedness equipment failure FEMA footnote geomagnetic storm geomagnetically induced currents Government Hurricane Hugo identified impact implementation issues JONES key facilities load loss major manufacturing ment Natural Disasters NERC networks North American Electric Office of Technology operating options percent PG&E Physical Vulnerability potential power outages powerplant priority protection reduce vulnerability region response restoration saboteurs Senator LIEBERMAN simulation spare stockpile substations supply Systems to Natural Technology Assessment telecommunications terrorist attack threat tion transformers transmission lines transmission system U.S. Department United utility industry voltage Vulnerability of Electric York City Blackout
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Page 12 - ... first witness, Senator Prouty, to make his statement. STATEMENT OF HON. WINSTON PROUTY, US SENATOR FROM VERMONT Senator PROUTY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am sorry to be late. I had a group of young people from Vermont in my office and I wanted to visit with them. Mr. Chairman, I have a rather lengthy statement which I will not read but ask that it be included in the record. Senator HART. It will be placed in the record. Senator PROUTY. Today I urged President Nixon to designate mercury a hazardous...
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Page 139 - ... backup equipment has been loaned out. The Defense Production Act and other national emergency laws already permit the government to requisition equipment (with just compensation) needed in case of a threat to the national security, for instance if a key defense facility is blacked out in time of war. There is no general power to intervene in a major economic emergency that has no national security implications, but the legal situation that would pertain is complicated.10 State governments can...