NERC's Gent responds to US DOE questions on grid readiness
Washington (Platts)--2Jun2004
The North American Electric Reliability Council outlined in a Wednesday letter to US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham several steps it is taking to ensure the nation's transmission grid is prepared for the summer. NERC is conducting readiness audits for a majority of the transmission system and Abraham last month sent a letter to NERC President and CEO Michehl Gent expressing concern about the portion of the grid not covered by the audits. "NERC and the industry are taking all necessary steps to make sure that system control area operators and reliability coordinators are fully prepared for the upcoming summer," Gent said in his response. Gent referred to NERC's summer assessment of grid conditions, a letter to industry CEOs last fall seeking a review of reliability practices, letters to all operators asking them to conduct self assessments and report results to NERC and requiring FirstEnergy and the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator to certify that they have corrected deficiencies cited in the report on the August 2003 blackout.
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