The country has witnessed an alarming increase in physical attacks on electric utilities and the grid. The number of incidents of intrusion, vandalism, and gunfire jumped 71 percent between 2021 and 2022. The consequences can be severe. After two gunmen fired at electric substations in North Carolina, 45,000 people were left without power. In February, two neo-Nazis were arrested for plotting to shoot at substations in Baltimore with the goal of instigating racial hatred. Domestic Violent Extremists (DVE) have critical infrastructure owners and operators squarely in their crosshairs.

The Rutgers Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience has assembled some of the nation’s foremost infrastructure security and law enforcement experts to deliver a special webinar presentation on May 1^st, 2023, titled: Emergent Threats Roundtable – The Real and Present Threat to America’s Power Grid, in collaboration with the Global Consortium of Law Enforcement Training Executives, the National Sheriffs’ Association, Avangrid, ASIS International, the Network Contagion Research Institute, and the New Jersey State Police.  

This timely webinar will take the form of a series of panel discussions among experts in law enforcement, government, and private industry. Panels will include: an overview of the grid, its security, and recent attacks on infrastructure; best practices for law enforcement; and public-private information sharing.