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Episode 4 of Currents, The DistribuTECH Round Table, is now available. The editors of Utility Automation & Engineering T&D and Electric Light & Power got together and discussed the big issues that came out of DistribuTECH 2007. You'll hear about what impressed them, what surprised them, and what they see coming for the conference in the future. And after that, host John M. Powers gives the Last Word.
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On this episode of Currents we look in to the future. In the feature segment we talk to Kurt Yeager, executive director of the Galvin Electricity Initiative and president emeritus of EPRI. He tells us about a report the Initiative released that sought to envision the future and through that, find out how our power grid needs to change to meet the demands of the future. And after that, we have a special guest to give the Last Word.
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In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with NERC president and CEO Rick Sergel, we hear his thoughts on the DOE's critical congestion areas cited in their Critical Congestion Study, discussed NERC's cyber security standards, the threat cyber attacks pose to utilities, and how NERC has adopted the goal of having "zero" events like the 2003 blackout.
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President and CEO of NERC, Rick Sergel, talks to Currents about NERC's new authority as the nation's electric reliability organization, what utilities can expect for non-compliance to standards, and NERC's recent reliability assessment. This is part one of a special two part interview.
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