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Tracking the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power System: An Assessment of Publically Available Information Reported to State Public Utility Commissions

Sept. 30, 2008

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Joseph H. Eto, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare

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This technical report examines current state and utility practices for collecting and reporting electricity reliability information and discusses challenges that arise in assessing reliability because of differences among these practices.

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