Transmission - The need for new rules and advanced technology

Published By ABB

• By Gary Rackliffe
• Published December 2006
• 2 Page(s)

As Congress takes on the challenge of negotiating a new national energy policy, attention is being focused on the portion of the bill dealing with electric power. Parties on all sides agree that decisive legislation is needed to ensure grid reliability, for example by imposing mandatory reliability standards on utilities. However, there is much more that needs to be done, from the legislative, regulatory and investment standpoints.