The role of Islamabad’s chief nuclear scientist in the beginnings of Iran’s nuclear program as well as its support for the Taliban, against U.S. interests, raise questions about whether the U.S. can rely on Pakistan as a mediator with Tehran.
Originally posted by Save the Grid
On February 9, 2026, the Center for Security Policy and the Secure the Grid Coalition filed an electric grid complaint with the federal government (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC) because the current standard (NERC TPL-007) does not protect the electric grid from geomagnetic disturbances caused by solar weather (solar flares) and E3 high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) threats. This must be changed and only FERC has the authority to order a change in the standard. A full copy of the Complaint can be found here: Formal Complaint of Center for Security Policy et al. v. North American Electric Reliability Corporation under EL26-49 . This video explains the federal electric grid complaint: The Center’s complaint…Open
Have you noticed recently how the most unlikely souls are now talking with authority about the grid as if they were electrical engineers?
The Democratic governor said a top priority of her administration is ensuring Arizona families and businesses have “reliable and affordable energy.”
'It’s like we don’t exist'
'Construction timelines have doubled'
Scale AI CEO Jason Droege tells Axios that AI is often too unreliable for mission-critical use by business, military and government. - "The cost of mistakes in these environments can be high," Droege, 47, said in an interview from San Francisco, where Scale — which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week — is based. Why it matters: Droege — who succeeded founder Alexandr Wang last June when the wunderkind became Meta's first chief AI officer, and Meta took a 49% stake in Scale — wants to signal that it isn't merely a data annotation company, but has long been an AI infrastructure and deployment company. Droege unveiled his mantra for his 1,300+ employees in a memo, "The Reliability Race," being reported here for the first…
The state's reliability margin has declined almost 80% since 2022. In 2019, the state committed to powering its full grid primarily with intermittent generators by 2040.
Originally published by The National Interest
To secure the US power grid, FERC must provide strong financial incentives to accelerate deployment of proven protection technologies. The Center for Security Policy and the Secure the Grid Coalition filed a formal Complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), docketed as EL26-49-000, this month. This is not another bureaucratic footnote. It is a direct challenge to the electric utility industry’s dangerous complacency—and a lifeline for the continuity of American society itself. The complaint asks FERC to do one simple, urgent thing: order the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC ) to assess and protect America’s bulk power system against ground-induced currents (GICs) to the international…Open
Across partisan lines, Republican respondents had a greater overall level of trust in the U.S. power grid. About 66% of Republicans said they at least “somewhat trust” the U.S. power grid whereas only 45% of Democrats said the same.