February 9: Energy Risk - Transmission Strains
Location: New York
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Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The strains to our transmission system have been evident for some time. The U.S. transmission system is under tremendous strain and only marginally stable," Wayne Brunetti, the former chief executive officer of Xcel Energy, observed in 2002. "It was designed as a regional system and has been forced to function as a national system, a function for which it was not designed and does not handle very well."
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