美加停电

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Dear Minister Lunn and Secretary Bodman:
We are pleased to submit the final report of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task
Force, Final Report on the Implementation of the Task Force Recommendations. This
report assesses the implementation status of each of the recommendations made by the
Task Force following the 2003 blackout.
This report documents the substantial progress that has been made by the bulk power
companies, the reliability organizations, and government agencies in implementing the
recommendations of the Task Force. It also sets out the actions required to fully
implement some recommendations. Finally, the report identifies the recommendations
that are not one-time actions but require ongoing effort and improvement over time.
In both of our countries, actions are underway to implement compatible systems of
mandatory and enforceable reliability standards. These will be managed by the Electric
Reliability Organization that can operate on an international basis with regulatory
oversight in the United States and in jurisdictions across Canada. A governmental
Bilateral Electric Reliability Oversight Group has also been established to provide a
forum to consider cross-border matters. This framework will assure that there is an
ongoing focus on reliability, on completing actions necessary to ensure reliability, and on
continuous evaluation and improvement in the management, systems and technologies
essential to the reliability of the bulk power system.
While it is impossible to guarantee that blackouts on the bulk power system will never recur, the Task Force is confident that the actions completed to date, the follow-up work identified in this report, and the new framework for mandatory reliability standards will result in more reliable electric service for the people of Canada and the United States.
We would like to thank the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the National
Energy Board, the Ontario Ministry of Energy, and particularly the North American
Electric Reliability Council for their cooperation and support in preparing this report.

Sincerely,

Mr. Graham Flack, Mr. Kevin M. Kolevar

Natural Resources Canada U.S. Department of Energy