The author appears to be Gregory Reed, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh who focuses on grid things. He's also the Chief Science Advisor for: https://w

The author appears to be Gregory Reed, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh who focuses on grid things. He's also the Chief Science Advisor for: https://www.emergealliance.org/ https://www.emergealliance.org/ Definitely seems like someone who would have appropriate knowledge to make statements like those in the article, though maybe with a vested interest in things.