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NJ Electric Utilities Will Start Handing Over Key Data to State BPU
Expanded information about operations will help agency decide on measures to improve reliability of power grid.
by Tom Johnson, NJSpotlight.com
In the next few months, New Jersey’s four electric utilities will provide state regulators with a trove of never-before-available data about how their delivery systems operate and what parts of their power grids perform poorly.
The information, part of an order adopted by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities this past winter, is expected to help the agency identify areas where staff and the utilities should focus in order to improve the reliability of the power grid, which was severely tested in the past few years.
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Improving reliability has been a top priority of regulators ever since 7 million people were left without power, some for weeks, after Hurricane Sandy devastated large areas of New Jersey nearly a year ago.
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