White House Rushes to Strengthen Security of U.S. Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow By Shaun Courtney and Michael Riley | April 15, 2021 A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the U.S. power grid will begin with a 100-day sprint, but take years more to transform utilities’ ability to fight off hackers, according to details of a draft version of the plan confirmed by two people. The plan is the policy equivalent of a high-wire act: it provides incentives for electric companies to dramatically change the way they protect themselves against cyber attacks while trying to avoid political tripwires that have stalled previous efforts, the details suggest.