Subject: Press Release: Reliability Legislation Needed Now
Hi,
David R. Nevius, Vice President of the North American Electric Reliability
Council testified today (October 26, 199) before the Energy and Power
Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Commerce Committee to
encourage passage of electric reliability legislation. His testimony: "We
need reliability legislation now. Without the ability to enforce compliance
with mandatory reliability rules, fairly applied to all participants, we
may not be able much longer to keep the interstate electric grids operating
reliably." He said three issues needed further consideration in H.R. 2944:
the inappropriateness of giving FERC authority to establish interim
standards, the role of the states, and avoiding statutory ambiguities.
A copy of the press release highlighting his testimony is attached in
Acrobat 4.0 format. This press release also is available from the NERC web
site at www.nerc.com.
Please share this information with others in your organization.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Gene Gorzelnik
-- Dan Webster (dan_webster@flashmail.com), October 06, 1999