Full Committee Hearing

ROUNDTABLE- Perspectives on Protecting the Electric Grid from an Electromagnetic Pulse or Geomagnetic Disturbance

Date: February 27, 2019
Time: 2:30pm
Location: SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements

Ranking Member

Ron

Johnson

(R -
 WI)

Chairman

Gary C.

Peters

(D -
 MI)

Witnesses

The Honorable

Karen

Evans

Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Emergency Response

U.S. Department of Energy

Brian

Harrell

Assistant Director, Infrastructure Security Division

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Caitlin

Durkovich

Director

Toffler Associates

Nathan

Anderson

Acting Director, Homeland Security & Justice Team

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Joseph H.

McClelland

Director, Office of Energy Infrastructure Security

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Scott

Aaronson

Vice President for Security and Preparedness

Edison Electric Institute

Randy

Horton Ph.D.

Senior Program Manager, Grid Operations and Planning

Electric Power Research Institute

David

Roop

Director, Electric Transmission Operations & Reliability

Dominion Energy

James

Vespalec

Director, Asset Planning and Engineering

American Transmission Company

George

Baker, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

James Madison University

Justin

Kasper, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Space, Science, and Engineering

University of Michigan