Laptop Battery A massive blackout like the one that left all or parts of eight states, including New Jersey, without power last August is less likely to happen this summer, the state's top energy regulator said yesterday.
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Thinkpad "All of the companies are on their toes. No one wants to be the next FirstEnergy," Board of Public Utilities President Jeanne Fox said, referring to the Ohio company that has shouldered much of the blame for the Aug. 14 power outage.
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Microsoft The blackout, which left tens of millions without lights, including 1 million in New Jersey, was the subject of a BPU hearing yesterday attended by representatives of several power companies, including the chief executive of FirstEnergy.
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Laptop Computers After the outage and a report into its causes by a joint U.S.-Canadian task force, utility companies have stepped up training of system operators, improved communications and monitoring, and adopted plans for quickly shedding power loads in the event of an emergency.
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Desktop Computer At yesterday's hearing in Newark, officials from FirstEnergy; its New Jersey subsidiary, Jersey Central Power & Light; and PJM, the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid, told the agency what steps have been taken to prevent future outages.
Notebooks "We've learned a lot about our vulnerabilities," Anthony Alexander, president and chief executive of FirstEnergy, said. "With that knowledge, we're better armed than we were at this time last year."
Lenovo Among other things, FirstEnergy has completed the installation of a computerized control system that will provide transmission operators with better oversight of the power system, Alexander said.
Hard Drive The company also has embarked on a more aggressive tree- trimming program, removing any branches or trees that could interfere with power lines, as occurred during last summer's blackout.
Travelstar Jersey Central, under the BPU's scrutiny for a number of unrelated power outages in its service territory over the past few summers, said it has accelerated a program to improve reliability and reduce blackouts. JCP&L President Steve Morgan said the company will wind up spending about a combined $60 million on the effort last year and this year.
Gateway PJM, which some experts have credited with halting the spread of the blackout, said improvements have been made to the nation's grid system.
Laptop Parts "For this summer, we're in good shape," said Audrey Zibelman, executive vice president of PJM.
Software Even with all the upgrades, Fox, who was a member of the joint task force that examined the Aug. 14 ordeal, said a blackout still could occur, although a major outage is less likely than before. She said her top priority now is getting Congress to adopt tough mandatory reliability standards with penalties for violators, one of the task force's key recommendations.
Hard Drives By Tom Johnson
Star-Ledger - 4/24/2004
Topic: Energy
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