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Utilities had right and obligation to serve |
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Monopoly |
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Granted by states or FERC |
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Often included exclusive franchise areas |
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Occurred voluntarily between companies who did
not (could not) compete |
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Coordinated, cooperative planning occurred |
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Technical exchanges |
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Standards |
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Consistent, voluntary standards ensured
reliability |
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Electric Industry |
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NERC |
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Regional Reliability Councils |
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Gas Industry |
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No Single Formal Group as in Electric Industry |
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Electric Industry - (Formerly Highly Vertically
Integrated) |
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Asset Divestiture (Power Plants) |
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Merchant Power Plants |
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Congested Interstate Transmission Network |
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No Ability to Mandate Reliability in Operations |
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Congestion Management is an Issue |
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Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) |
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Gas Industry (Historically Not Vertically
Integrated) |
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Peak Day Planning done by Individual Company,
working with the Interstate Pipeline |
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In some areas, regional planning occurred |
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Congestion Management is an issue |
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Operating Flow Orders (OFO) |
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Information which should be Shared |
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What Information |
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How is that Information Shared |
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Reliability Planning Among Competitors |
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How does the Information Affect Reliability |
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How does the
Information Affect Competition |
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Who Does the Reliability Planning |
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Who has the Responsibility to Implement the
Emergency Plan |
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Abuses which might Result from the Information
Shared |
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Legislation |
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NAERO Provides an Express Exemption to
Anti-trust Laws |
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Continued Regulatory Oversight |
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Massachusetts |
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Marketplace with Antitrust Oversight |
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Combinations |
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Notes