Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Title: Keeping the Lights On : The Federal Role in Managing the Nation's Electricity

Date: 9/10/03

Time (EST): 9:00 AM

Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

The Subcommittee examines the cause of the August 2003 Northeast blackouts, and what the federal government can do to ensure that blackouts of this magnitude do not occur again.

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Witnesses Testimony

Panel 1

The Honorable Kyle E. McSlarrow , Deputy Secretary of Energy

The Honorable Pat Wood, III , Chairman , Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Panel 2

Dr. Alan Schriber , Chairman , Public Utility Commission of Ohio

Mr. Craig Glazer [View PDF] , Vice President , PJM Interconnection

Mr. James P. Torgerson , President & CEO , Midwest Independent System Operator

Mr. William J. Museler , President & CEO , New York Independent System Operator

Mr. James Y. Kerr [View PDF] , II , Commissioner , North Carolina Utilities Commission

Mr. Mark Cooper [View PDF] , Director of Research , Consumer Federation of America

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510