Archive for December, 2009
Cognitive Dissonance or Culpable Ignorance?
- “The United States does not have a national grid, but a series of large regional power grids.” Joseph T. Kelliher, FERC Chairman, July 31, 2008
- “We need an interstate transmission superhighway system.” Suedeen G. Kelly, FERC Commissioner, quoted in NY Times, Aug. 26, 2008
- “The table has been set, with the election, for a thorough discussion in Congress … of a national grid, whatever that means.” FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller, Nov. 17, 2008
BOTH!
Links
Books
Blackout The novel During a blackout, anomalies are found in two invulnerable computer systems. A glitch? Or the work of terrorists? | |
The Evolution of Electric Power Transmission Under Deregulation: Selected Readings | |