Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology held a hearing entitled ``Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities on the Resiliency and Security of the Electric Grid.'' Testimony was heard from Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; Greg Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, GAO; William R. McCollum, Jr., Chief Operating Office, TVA; and a public witness.

The Rat- No need for "cyber" vulnerabilities. The software that controls the South
          Eastern grid was written in India - and Congress allowed it to happen. Easy
          for a programmer to insert a backdoor in that coding.