Demand grows for power grid reliability rules

[Nottingham]

Demand grows for power grid reliability rules
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham promised a focused investigation today into the cause of the nation's worst blackout and told a congressional hearing that a U.S.-Canadian task force "will follow the facts where they lead us."

But some Democrats accused the Bush administration and congressional Republicans of trying to use the blackout to push through a broad energy bill that would include drilling in an Arctic wildlife refuge and other controversial measures. Different versions of the legislation already have passed the House and Senate.

"I don't want the blackout to be used to push an (energy) bill that many of us have great difficulty with," said Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., whose state bore the brunt of the Aug. 14 power outage. He said he feared the blackout would be used "`to rubber stamp misguided energy policies" under the guise of repairing the power system.

Abraham, in remarks prepared for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, refused to speculate on what triggered the Aug. 14 blackout that darkened a huge swath of the nation from Michigan to New York. "Such speculation would be premature," he said.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2080028


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Repubs just don't want to give up on that drilling in Alaska no matter How stupid it is!:crazy:

[pfitz59]

1. Whitewashing the blackout!

:evilgrin:

[Nottingham]

2. First You Have a Black Out! Then you Screw the People! for $$$

By Energy Prices skyrocketing and scaring the people!

Same worked like the WTC Blows up then You Screw the American people out of Billions

I see a Pattern here!