[sam_goody]

I don't know which "this" was referred to, but I think we need laws to prevent a foreign company or hacker from shutting down our power.

There was an article on HN about a month ago, that two companies each have the ability to overload or shut down the entire grid in many parts of the states, just by their remote control of the solar panels and batterires.

They should be regulated like any other utility.

[ryao]

How would a law prevent this? Does it cause a lion to manifest, whenever someone is about to shut down power, to maul the guy to prevent the shutdown? I do not believe laws have such supernatural powers.