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Green Generators The industry group that oversees the nation's power grid promised it will step up measures to make sure utility companies obey rules designed to prevent blackouts like the one that cut power to 50 million people last year.

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Solar Panel Investigators have discovered that utilities ignored several of those voluntary safeguards in the months before the August power outage.

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Epa Greenpower Members of the North American Electric Reliability Council -- whose members include companies that transfer power from generators to customers -- agreed yesterday to collect and review all reported violations.

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Wind Energy Power companies must report any violations within one month, offering NERC complete details on any impact to the power grid. NERC's engineers will then issue the power companies a deadline for correcting the problem.

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Solar NERC also agreed to work closely with federal and regional authorities, as well as regulators in Canada and Mexico, to see that its standards are met.

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Nuclear Power "NERC will take all necessary steps to obtain full compliance with its reliability rules," said Richard Druin, the group's chairman.

Greenpower Inc NERC, headquartered a few miles north of Princeton University, sets voluntary standards for its members. There are no penalties for failing to follow them.

Solar Electricity NERC has been pressing Congress to force power companies to accept its standards and to give the group the ability to enforce those rules.

Power Greene "Until we have that legislation, NERC will ensure that all violations of reliability rules are identified, take prompt actions to correct violations and to keep the public and regulators promptly informed," said Michehl R. Gent, the group's president.

Green Electric On Friday, NERC reported that its system of finding and correcting faults with power companies was inadequate before the blackout on Aug. 14, 2003.

Am Greenpower Power companies also failed to learn lessons from earlier power failures, NERC said in an update of its investigation. A complete report is due in March.

Renewable Electricity Experts at NERC began investigating the power outage seconds after the East Coast lost electricity, and they have aided a joint U.S.- Canadian task force called to determine the cause. The task force is expected to detail its findings on March 11.

Green Company The group sent utilities a memo in October detailing ways the power companies can prevent similar power outages. Those tips included making sure there is enough voltage for the power grid, ensuring reliable communication among utilities and clearing vegetation from transmission lines.

Led Greenpower Formed in 1968 to prevent blackouts like the one that crippled the East Coast three years earlier, NERC relies on voluntary compliance by power companies to operating standards designed to keep electricity moving through the nation's power grid.

Alternative Energy Associated Press - 2/12/2004

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