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appa is a national trade association based in d.c.that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities in 49 states. today to i represent investor-owned, cooperatively-owned and publicly-owned utilities, independent generators and canadian utilities as well. for very legitimate reasons, we often have different views on the policy issues facing our industry, but we all have come together on grid security. we all supported section 215 that was passed in the energy policy act of 2005. and given the changing nature of threats to the grid, we have also worked with doe and dhs to develop the electricity sub sector coordinating council which i'll discuss later. the overall reliability of the bulk electric system, or put simply keeping the lights on for both ourselves and our neighbors, is of paramount importance to electric utilities. because electricity is produced and consumed instantaneously and follows the path of least impee dense, insuring grid security is a collective affair. cyber attacks, meteorological
appa is a national trade association based in d.c.that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities in 49 states. today to i represent investor-owned, cooperatively-owned and publicly-owned utilities, independent generators and canadian utilities as well. for very legitimate reasons, we often have different views on the policy issues facing our industry, but we all have come together on grid security. we all supported section 215 that was passed in the energy...
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on the president and ceo of the american public power association, appa is a national to associate based in d.c. the rep since more than 2000 not-for-profit entity owned electric utilities in 49 states. i very much appreciate the opportunity to testify. today i represent investor owned, cooperatively owned and publicly owned utilities and canadian utilities as well. for very legitimate reasons we often have different views on the policy issues facing our industry but we all have come together on grids duty. we all supported section 215 that was passed in energy policy act of 2005, and given the changing nature threats to the grid would also work with d.o.e. and dhs to develop the electricity subsector courtney the council, escc. the overall reliability, keeping the lights on for both ourselves and her neighbors is of the paramount importance to electric utility. because electricity is consumed instantaneous and follows the path of least impedance, ensuring reliability and grid security is a collective effort in which we are all engaged together. cyberattacks commuter logical events, pote
on the president and ceo of the american public power association, appa is a national to associate based in d.c. the rep since more than 2000 not-for-profit entity owned electric utilities in 49 states. i very much appreciate the opportunity to testify. today i represent investor owned, cooperatively owned and publicly owned utilities and canadian utilities as well. for very legitimate reasons we often have different views on the policy issues facing our industry but we all have come together...
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tion appas. >>> chair nolan, the muni and sfmta board, i came here today to speak to you and ask you to roll back and heed the mayor's call to roll back sunday meter parking. if i reder correctly from the director's report, this is what you intend to do. so, i'm going to seed my time to the rest of the good people here. i would just say there are a lot of wonderful people of faith in this room and people who contribute back so much to this community and people who have been impacted for the last six plus months by this issue. hear them. hear them, because they are the voices of our city, too. and we look in the inter faith community, we look forward to working with the mta on issues of greening our congregations, of promoting bike to worship, and being collaborator and partners in your important work. we thank you for the recommendation that you're making and we look forward to working with you in the future. >> thank you, mr. pappas. next speaker, please. >> john fitch. istachar high. [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon, am fitch. >>> good afternoon, members of the board fer
tion appas. >>> chair nolan, the muni and sfmta board, i came here today to speak to you and ask you to roll back and heed the mayor's call to roll back sunday meter parking. if i reder correctly from the director's report, this is what you intend to do. so, i'm going to seed my time to the rest of the good people here. i would just say there are a lot of wonderful people of faith in this room and people who contribute back so much to this community and people who have been impacted...
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turning to cybersecurity appa believes the best way to enhance security across critical of the structure is to improve information sharing between the federal government and the sectors. of information sharing legislation that passed the house and we look forward to reviewing the senate's version. so far cyberrelated section coupled with best practices have prevented a successful cyberattack. but that does not mean it will not happen. the industry therefore -- [no audio] continue to evolve the sharing of sullivan threat information is crucial to the insecurity the sec plays a central role to coordination and information sharing. [no audio] and members coordinate with officials from the white house, the da test, a federal law enforcement and national security organizations it is focused on three areas tools and technologies an incident response. in conclusion appa on behalf of the entire electric industry should like to reaffirm the ongoing commitment to protecting critical infrastructure from both cyberand physical threats. to do this we have to work in partnership with all levels of apa
turning to cybersecurity appa believes the best way to enhance security across critical of the structure is to improve information sharing between the federal government and the sectors. of information sharing legislation that passed the house and we look forward to reviewing the senate's version. so far cyberrelated section coupled with best practices have prevented a successful cyberattack. but that does not mean it will not happen. the industry therefore -- [no audio] continue to evolve the...
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police say after they learnt of the body, they contacted police in appa him. >> -- anaheim. >> the breakn the case came as a result of the body in anaheim. >> police say gps data correlated to cell phone records led investigators to the two suspects, who were both wearing ankle monitoring devices. >> utilization of gps - that coupled with additional evidence led us to the two individuals. >> the accused men, frank canno and steven gordon are transients. the gps tracking system that the men were wearing is supposed to alert the police. at a news conference, anaheim police could not say how the two men may have raped and killed four women, while they were supposed to be monitored. the suspects checked in with authorities. >> the orange county case highlights problems. they were trying to track the movements and whereabouts of criminals when they are back on the streets. while gps data can tell authorities where a person is located, it can't tell them what a person is doing. >> gps is not necessarily a perfect technology. >> earlier they admitted to widespread fail use with the monitoring.
police say after they learnt of the body, they contacted police in appa him. >> -- anaheim. >> the breakn the case came as a result of the body in anaheim. >> police say gps data correlated to cell phone records led investigators to the two suspects, who were both wearing ankle monitoring devices. >> utilization of gps - that coupled with additional evidence led us to the two individuals. >> the accused men, frank canno and steven gordon are transients. the gps...
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appa and associations take the incident very seriously. the notion that recent media stories spurred the industry to action are somehow an enhanced for the security or inaccurate. are inaccurate. they were initiated prior to the stories. however in part and in response to the incident on march 7, ferc directed nerc to submit proposed reliability standards on physical security within 90 days. appa and our members along with other stakeholders are actively engaged in the process right now to develop the important standards. turning to cybersecurity, we believe the best way to enhance the security crops the defectors i am improving information sharing between the federal government and the sectors. we therefore support of information sharing legislation that passed the house and we look forward to reviewing the senate version. so far the cyber related to section 215 standards coupled with additional best practices and management practices have prevented a successful cyber attack. but that doesn't mean it's not going to happen. the industry pr
appa and associations take the incident very seriously. the notion that recent media stories spurred the industry to action are somehow an enhanced for the security or inaccurate. are inaccurate. they were initiated prior to the stories. however in part and in response to the incident on march 7, ferc directed nerc to submit proposed reliability standards on physical security within 90 days. appa and our members along with other stakeholders are actively engaged in the process right now to...