White House starts energy infrastructure study

Published January 9, 2014 5:00am ET



The nation’s energy infrastructure will go under the microscope as part of a four-year review formally announced by the White House on Thursday.

The Quadrennial Energy Review, modeled after a similar Defense Department initiative, will investigate how equipped the nation’s electric grid, refineries and other energy systems are to deal with cyberattacks, new energy supplies and extreme weather that scientists say might become more frequent because of climate change.

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