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Order authorizing Northern States Power Company to export electric energy to Canada.

Order authorizing Northern States Power Company to export electric energy to Canada.

Issued to Fluor Fernald, Inc., related to an Unposted High Radiation Area at the Fernald Environmental Management Project, (EA-2003-05)

The electric transmission system is now operating reliably. All electric power transmission lines that were removed from service during the blackout on August 14, 2003, have been returned to service with one exception. The lines between Michigan and Ontario remain out of service due to operational security reasons; however, they are expected to be returned to service later this evening.

The bulk electric transmission system in the United States and Canada has been restored and is operating reliably. Many of the generating units that tripped off line during the outage have returned to service and additional generating units are expected to return to service over the weekend. Virtually all customers have been returned to electric service, although some customers will continue to experience rotating outages due to generating capacity availability.

Colorado Springs Utilities Next-Generation CFB Coal Generating Unit, Fountain, Colorado

The following information represents a partial sequence of events based upon Reliability Coordinator information available to NERC. It is not clear if these events caused the event or were a consequence of other events. NERC is establishing teams to study the event and will coordinate with FERC, DOE, the industry and others.

Starting at about 4:11 p.m. EDT, major losses of electric load occurred in the northeastern United States and Canada in the Eastern Interconnection. Although the exact cause is not known at present, the outages are not the result of a terrorist attack. The areas most affected center around the Great Lakes: Michigan, Ohio, New York City, Ontario, Quebec, northern New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Audit of Recurring Acquisitions at the Chicago Operations Office

In 1994, the Department of Energy announced its intention to study options for consolidating production operations throughout the complex. In response, the contractor at the Kansas City Plant submitted a plan to significantly reduce the size of its operations. In March 1997, the Department approved Kansas City's Stockpile Management Restructuring Initiative (SMRI), currently estimated to cost $138 million. The Department's approval was based on projected operational savings of $35.4 million per year, generated by consolidating similar production processes and equipment, allowing for a reduction in both the floor space and the workforce needed to achieve required production levels. The Department began restructuring activities in September 1999 and planned to complete the project by the end of September 2005. As long time advocates of reducing the Department's footprint consistent with its evolving mission, we initiated a review to determine if the Kansas City Plant's restructuring initiative would achieve the intended results.