House Republicans: Feds aren't ready for attack on power grid

House Republicans on Thursday pressed critical infrastructure defense officials on their level of preparedness in the event of a cyberattack on the electrical grid.

“The federal government does not have [a] basic planning scenario for a cyber threat to the power system and there is a huge disparity in what different groups think is a potential scenario for which states and local governments should prepare,” Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) said in his opening remarks for a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the topic.
“What happens is we don’t have a comprehensive plan at a federal level to look at how we can support [grid operators] in the event of a national attack that would come in the way of cyber,” said Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.).