CPDC Webinar Probes CCP Infiltration of US Electric Grid

The Committee on the Present Danger: China, a Washington-based think tank, holds a webinar titled “Inside Our Wires: The CCP Has Penetrated Our Electric Grid; Will Xi Destroy It?” on May 22 to examine the vulnerabilities in the U.S. electric grid stemming from Chinese technology and influence, and to explore immediate steps to mitigate the threat.

Moderator:

Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future and vice chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger: China

Panelists:

Col. Grant Newsham, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.); former military attaché in Tokyo and former foreign service officer; author of When China Attacks: A Warning to America
Topic: “The CCP Inside Our Wires: The Strategic Implications”

Charles “Sam” Faddis, former career clandestine service officer, Central Intelligence Agency; Army veteran; editor of AndMagazine at Substack
Topic: “The CCP’s Imbedded Trojan Horses: Donald Trump’s Effort to Shut Them Down; Joe Biden’s Reversal of His Directive”

Dave Walsh, former senior executive at Westinghouse and former CEO of Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas; managing director of Takotagroup LLC
Topic: “The Magnitude of the CCP Threat to Our Most Critical of Critical Infrastructures – The U.S. Electric Grid – and What Can We Do About It?”

Richard F. Storm, P.E., founder of Storm Technologies; contributing editor at Power Magazine; instructor of electric utility boiler performance courses
Topic: “How Did the CCP Get Inside the Grid: The CCP’s ‘Old Friends,’ the Red-Green New Deal and the Challenge of Our Time”