"Denmark is the model that the United States should be following, " said Steve Pullins, executive director of the U.S. Department of Energy's ModernGrid Initiative.
The title of the hearing - "Securing the Modern Electric Grid from Physical and Cyber Attacks" - fails to communicate the magnitude of the danger, and the imperative for urgent corrective action.
The bad news--at least for those of us who entertain escape fantasies--is that it's getting harder and harder to evade our modern communication and transportation grid.