The New York TimesOct 14, 2026
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Contract W50S9G24C0001 from Department of the Army to FESCO ENERGY LLC for $14,784,199. Description: HTUV189002 INSTALL BASE WIDE MICRO-GRID. RECONFIGURE EXISTING BASE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS USING EXISTING AND NEW EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE, A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICAL POWER MICROGRID SYSTEM THAT IS ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) HARDENED.. Period starts 2024-04-16.
Air Force plan treats 30-day EMP/GMD grid outage as a planning scenario.
Directs DoD to pilot-test hardening a strategic military installation against EMP.