Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO Operation

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An independent system operator's view on the energy crisis and the realities of maintaining reliability.
Fortnightly Magazine - October 15 2001
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Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO Operation


 

An independent system operator's view on the energy crisis and the realities of maintaining reliability.

What is happening to the deregulation of California's electric energy market? It started out as an ideal concept. Energy would be provided to the California consumers at a much lower price, while maintaining a highly efficient system to accommodate generation, transmission and the distribution of energy. How has this dream gone so awry? The answer is that a chain of events have produced a breeding ground for the current absurd and almost farcical situation we are dealing with today.1

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