Senate panel hears differing opinions on fine points of reliability standards

摘要

The North American Electric Reliability Council, the organization likely to oversee mandatory electric reliability standards for the United States, plans to publish the rules by summer 2007, though details of those rules are a matter of debate. Speaking at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the topic last week, industry groups took different views on whom should be regulated and how much flexibility should be allowed to account for regional differences.