Rick Perry tours grid reliability lab, but still no study

Published August 15, 2017 4:01am ET



Energy Secretary Rick Perry will focus on electric grid reliability, blackouts, and cybersecurity when he visits the Pacific Northwest National Lab on Tuesday, though he has yet to release a major new study on the subject that was due more than a month ago.

“Overall, we can say Secretary Perry will hear about our grid work. In addition, he will hear about our cybersecurity research,” Greg Koller, the lab’s head of external affairs, told the Washington Examiner in an email.

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