Re: DOE Releases Interim Report on Blackouts/Power Outages, Focus on Cyber Security

From: Charley Hamilton (chamilto_at_uci.edu)
Date: 11/21/03

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    Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:47:06 -0800
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    Geoff -

    One of the reasons the report is long but not conclusive about
    many issues is that it is report 1 of 2. The goal is to put out what
    information is currently available and the preliminary conclusions,
    then invite public comment and suggestions about additional
    research/forensic avenues.

    Take a look back at Chapter 4 of the report. They go into
    fair detail about the immediate causes of the cascade, and
    indicate that there is no indication that this was a result
    of sabotage. Trust me, from the people I have talked to,
    malice has not been completely ruled out. It simply does
    not appear to have been a necessary component. Therefore, it
    is strongly discounted.

    I'm looking forward to finishing my review of the report and
    seeing part 2 as it develops. Looks like there is some good
    network reliability research to be done in this arena.

    Charley 

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Charles Hamilton, PhD EIT               Faculty Fellow
Department of Civil and                 Phone: 949.824.3752
     Environmental Engineering           FAX:   949.824.2117
University of California, Irvine        Email: chamilto@uci.edu
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