No. This is not an article on securing the political power. This is all about securing the power grids from the hackers.

The smart power grid, which uses information technology adds more intelligence to the electricity network. It  gives consumers and utilities more control over energy consumption.  However, the transformation from analog to digital is likely to bring to the grid a threat of hacking which normally plagues the Internet..

Internet is typically swamped with the virusses and wors. They down the sites and cause mayhem. If such things are unleased on the power grid’s infrastructure It would result in blackouts and the energy being used up for really evil purposes