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Please read my 2016 testimony to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the threat of solar storms: https://www.resilientsocieties.org/uploads/5/4/0/0/540

Please read my 2016 testimony to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the threat of solar storms: https://www.resilientsocieties.org/uploads/5/4/0/0/54008795/resilient_societies_testimony_rm15-11-00_march_1_2016_tech_conference_final_feb_23_2016.pdf https://www.resilientsocieties.org/uploads/5/4/0/0/54008795/...

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
OMG. Thanks for this info. I doubt us in the UK are being any smarter. I might question the probabilites as they've been updated since, see my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23067785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23067785 but that gives zero excuse to do nothing. This should be the top-voted comment, if anyone would care to read it. I's short and pointed. Edit: this reminds me of Feynman's presentation on the Challenger disaster, only beforehand.
izend 6y ago
That is a terrifying report...
anonuser123456 6y ago
Market these ideas to defense firms that could act as a supplier. A billion dollar program has to be enticing to someone.
- pal_9000 6y ago
  I like how you think
mceachen 6y ago
Thanks for assembling and sharing that report. Did FERC do anything with it, or was it ignored?
- t_s_popik 6y ago
  FERC directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to set a reliability standard for solar storms. Under that standard, not a single high voltage transformer in the U.S. electric grid is required under the standard to have hardware protection. Instead, paper studies exempt utilities from taking tangible action. As of May 2020, only one device to block harmful currents from solar storms has been installed in all of the U.S. electric grid. Fairly stated, FERC ignored my testimony and that of other experts.
  - solotronics 6y ago
    Thank you for sharing this and I hope someone in government takes action to protect our grid. Based on your findings have you made any personal preparations for an event like this? I lean towards preparedness but know I can be a little over reacting when hearing about these possibilities.
Woberto 6y ago
Is there anything an average person can do to help? An organization I can donate to, or something I can bring up to my representatives?

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago

OMG. Thanks for this info. I doubt us in the UK are being any smarter. I might question the probabilites as they've been updated since, see my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23067785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23067785 but that gives zero excuse to do nothing. This should be the top-voted comment, if anyone would care to read it. I's short and pointed. Edit: this reminds me of Feynman's presentation on the Challenger disaster, only beforehand.

izend 6y ago

That is a terrifying report...

anonuser123456 6y ago

Market these ideas to defense firms that could act as a supplier. A billion dollar program has to be enticing to someone.

pal_9000 6y ago
I like how you think

mceachen 6y ago

Thanks for assembling and sharing that report. Did FERC do anything with it, or was it ignored?

t_s_popik 6y ago
FERC directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to set a reliability standard for solar storms. Under that standard, not a single high voltage transformer in the U.S. electric grid is required under the standard to have hardware protection. Instead, paper studies exempt utilities from taking tangible action. As of May 2020, only one device to block harmful currents from solar storms has been installed in all of the U.S. electric grid. Fairly stated, FERC ignored my testimony and that of other experts.
- solotronics 6y ago
  Thank you for sharing this and I hope someone in government takes action to protect our grid. Based on your findings have you made any personal preparations for an event like this? I lean towards preparedness but know I can be a little over reacting when hearing about these possibilities.

Woberto 6y ago

Is there anything an average person can do to help? An organization I can donate to, or something I can bring up to my representatives?