FERC/NERC staff detail 28 actions to avoid repeat of mid-February blackouts

摘要

A report on the deadly mid-February electric grid outages in the U.S. Southwest underscored the need to safeguard natural gas-fired power plants and related pipeline infrastructure against extreme cold weather. The Nov. 16 report, produced by staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and North American Electric Reliability Corp., confirmed that the nearly weeklong event represented "the largest controlled firm load shed event in US history."