Program areas at Foundation for Resilient Societies
Scientific and Economic Research our research quantifies risk and estmates costs and benefits of solutions. Please see our website for further details under RESEARCH. Our research in 2017 primarily focused on the following matters Cost-Benefit Estmates and Funding Mechanisms for U S. Electric Grid Protections, especially the economics of Electromagnetic Pulse Protection, enna High Consequence Scenerios for North Korean atmospheric nuclear tests B. Electric Grid Resmemce. once eee ee ccc eeeee eee ne scene neeeee sane Approximately $72,600 of the $125,000 remains in temporarily restricted cash as of 12/31/17. The balance of the expenses were fundec by a grant received 1m 2015-2016. cence
Education Programs via conference speakerships, our website, our Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/@ResilienUGrid), our Facebook page (www. facebook.com/SecureGrid), and public relations activities undertaken during 2017, A specific ad campaign was on Twitter during the North Korean nuclear testing. We hired a company to create a video about electric grid threats and posted it.on Twitter Other grants were received in a prior year which paid for the expenses not covered by the 2017 grant. As of 12/31/17, approximately $3,800 of the $25,000 remains in temporarily restricted cash for future public relations and marketing activities
Federal Rulemaking at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and standards setting at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). Grants were received in a prior year which paid for our expenses. Our 2017 activites before FERC and NERC included a petition for rulemaking for improved cybersecurity incident reporting and an analysis in support of greater electric Grid reswbence. ccc cceee ene cence cecccene eee eee ne cece cece nnn neseneeeeceneee cena
Scientific and economic research: our work on gridclue.com an online research tool for the u.s. electric grid.
Public education: through our website https: www.resilientsocieties.org and presentations to various groups we educate the public on threats to critical infrastructure especially threats to the u.s. electric gird and its interdependent infrastructures.
Other administrative expenditures including: directors & officers' insurance premium $4,628; state tax filing fees with charitable trust units $869 of the total fees allocated to unrestricted; saas fees $579; dissemination fees $890; and other small expenses $201.