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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Senate Should Demand Electric Grid Reliability and Security

Senate Should Demand Electric Grid Reliability and Security

By Thomas S. Popik and William R. Grahamhttp://breakingenergy.com/2014/07/09/senate-should-demand-electric-grid-reliability-and-security/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=b5cbdc5c78-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-b5cbdc5c78-407304281
Nuclear Power Plants Tighten Their Security
With a Senate vote on two nominees for commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pending, there is unprecedented attention on this obscure regulator of interstate pipelines and electricity transmission. In 2005, Congress granted FERC additional authority to regulate electric grid reliability and security, but too often FERC has accommodated industry rather than enforce

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