House Republicans want documents on electric grid security from regulators

Published April 18, 2014 4:00am ET



House Republicans are adding their voices to a growing number of lawmakers concerned about federal regulators’ management of sensitive information about the electric grid.

Capitol Hill has been buzzing about how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission protects certain information following a Wall Street Journal story that, citing an agency analysis, said coordinated attacks at nine key substations could cause coast-to-coast blackouts for weeks, even months.

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