U.S. energy officials have almost no
ability to check in advance on the preparedness of companies
using the Midwest power grid to avoid a repeat of the Aug. 14
blackout that spread to the Northeast, according to published reports.
The power failure hasn’t led to any widespread government
examination of the U.S. electric system and the North American
Electric Reliability Council lacks the resources to audit
companies, the report said.
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U.S. Representative Edward Markey, a Democratic member of
the House Energy Committee from Massachusetts, compared the
nationwide situation to a person who watches a friend have a
heart attack and then does nothing to prevent having one
himself. “There won’t be any visit by the doctor to other
utilities” to avoid a similar fate, he is quoted as saying.
The August power failure, which caused the loss of 61,000
megawatts of power – or enough electricity for 49 million
households – was the biggest electrical blackout in North
American history. It spread over eight U.S. states and parts of
Ontario.
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