JC Dill wrote: [snip]
Am I the only one who is surprised that here we are now - over 7 years later - and the electric grid industry still hasn't found/implemented a design fix for this problem? What does the FERC and the DOE do anyway? Do they just "regulate" prices?
To see what FERC does, http://www.ferc.gov/about/ferc-does.asp As for what the DOE does, it's primary function is and has always been the production and maintenance of the United States's nuclear weapon arsenal. FERC is pretty much the only part of it that deals with the nitty-gritty of commercial power and energy regulation. See, http://www.doe.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=ABOUTDOE http://www.doe.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=AD_O
(Yeah, they did such a good job with E! and we in California will be paying for it for many years to come.) I kinda thought the whole point of having federal departments and commissions to oversee energy was to assure the country of a *reliable* energy system...
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