International Security & Foreign Policy

The Power and the Light: The Congressional EMP Commission’s War to Save America

Grant Year: 2018


Peter Pry will lead an effort to increase the resilience of the electric grid against natural or man-made electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events. He will work with federal policymakers, state legislatures and officials, and leaders of electric utilities and other interested corporations to educate them about the EMP threat and potential solutions. The project’s findings will appear in a report telling the story of efforts to advance national EMP preparedness.

EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security International Security & Foreign Policy

$175,000