Powering the 21st Century

by Massoud Amin IEEE USA-Today's Engineer, March 2005 The massive power outage of August 2003 underscored the vulnerability of our nation’s power grid, and the fact that this vital yet complex infrastructure underpins our society and quality of life. The cover story in the August 2004 issue of IEEE Spectrum as well as a subsequent 10 August Washington Post Op-Ed missed the mark on real issues at all levels -- technological, political and economic, as well as urgent tactical and strategic dimensions -- of the energy and infrastructure security challenges facing our nation. Read the article