Smart Grid may be Hacked to Generate Blackouts

[Philip Miller Tate]

On 23 Mar 2009, at 14:33, fgentges at mindspring.com wrote:

> Many AMRAD members will recall our work on LF and the effort to  
> provide amateurs a small LF band.  In the end, the power companies  
> were opposed because their unlicensed signaling over the power  
> lines might be interfered with by amateurs.
>
>

You can see the advantage to the power company, though - any  
unintended (or otherwise) blackouts could be blamed on "careless  
radio amateurs".

Cynical Phil M1GWZ