Our biggest security problem is not Russia or China – it is electric utility industry lobbyists While reading a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order from January of this year, I was amused for a moment that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) actually had the audacity to ask FERC if they could abdicate…
Tag: Great Northeast Blackout of 2003
Transmission Vegetation Management Cover Up?
. After the Great Northeast Blackout of 2003, getting a “Transmission Vegetation Management” standard took over a decade. Now there is evidence of another NERC cover up “Transmission Vegetation Management” may seem to be a mundane topic, but there has been some extraordinary recent news in the region that comprises the Western Interconnection of the…
Videos: Great Northeast Blackout of 2003
Below are some excellent videos on the Great Northeast Blackout of 2003 Fox Says: “Blackout – The Day the Grid Failed” New York Times: “Blackout: The Power Outage That Left 50 Million W/O Electricity” Eyewitness News ABC7NY: News coverage of 2003 blackout in New York City Retro Report: Blackout: Understanding the U.S. Power Grid’s…