I have the professional experience to share that a multi-regional-scale power utility cyberattack in the USA would be extremely difficult to pull off, even more difficult to pull off discretely, and even more difficult still to keep power off for an extended period.

It would require buy in from lots of American engineers all in very different areas all of whom would not benefit from losing power in this manner.

EMP attacks are more likely to be successful at knocking out the broader grid than cyberattacks. Govt induced 'solar flares'. 

Everyone should take comfort from this netflix film revealing just how little these jackasses understand about how the grid details work. 

 https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/ccp-military-hackers-preparing-to-shut-down-american-infrastructure-5545164?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2023-12-13&src_cmp=mb-2023-12-13&utm_medium=email&est=ICLXtrCS7JIIBO8nHIsWGN3TxO17C4C2pRDJjG5bu5XNxoaY4GZMDhk4vnfRuIzk0dJg 

 10 years professional experience in the bulk power delivery space. I stand by what I said. 

 What are your thoughts on the resilience against a *mutating* AI driven virus as Joshua Philipp discusses? 
I'm not looking to delegitimize your expertise, rather, curious of your thoughts based on that expertise  

 I'll add that my question arises out of ignorance on a lot of AI matters too. Seems like a mutating AI is plausible but unlikely. Yet still curious of your thoughts on the matter as it concerns power grids and infrastructure.  

 Any power utility cyberattack that does not include a physical real-world component, such as terrorist involvement, physical infrastructure damage, or sabotage by utility stakeholders will be geographically isolated and short-lived in the USA.

There are threats to grid stability, but AI and remote hackers aint it.