Spare Transformers to Restore the Grid After Disaster Still Await a Green Light

Superstorm Sandy violently illustrated the threat to the grid from extreme weather, earthquakes and tsunamis.  Experts warn that cyberattackers are probing the grid with increasingly sophisticated attacks.  A massive, once-in-a-century solar flare could trigger rogue electrical currents that some experts fear would severely threaten vulnerable transformers.

But while government agencies and utility companies are working on plans for stockpiling mobile replacement transformers, there is not a consensus about how they should share the costs and that is slowing the response, according to people close to the issue.

Spare Transformers to Restore the Grid After Disaster Still Await a Green Light