Additional material submitted for the record by Page Allegheny Power Service Corp., D. M. Kammert, president, letter 933 313 Citizens Rights Committee and Independent Phi Beta Kappa Environmental Study Group, Elise Jerard, letter dated April 27, 1970, to Chairman Staggers Detroit Edison Co., Walker L. Cisler, chairman of the board, and East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (ECAR): 935 339 154 171 Exhibit 15-Reliability criteria for evaluation and simulated test- 182 188 Exhibit 17-Emergency procedures during declining system fre- 197 Exhibit 18-National Electric Reliability Council: Map show- 205 Exhibit 19-National Electric Reliability Council, agreement 206 Edison Electric Institute: Appendixes to the statement on May 4, 1970, of A. H. Aymond, Appendix A-Additional comments on H.R. 12585.-- 448 451 452 Appendix D-Press releases of the National Power Survey, 456 Appendix E-FPC Advisory Panel on the Northeast Power 461 Cisler, Walker L., chairman, committee on international co- statement_ 339 Exhibits to the statement on May 4, 1970, of Edwin H. Snyder, 466 Exhibit B-Statistics on area coordinating groups - - - 467 467 Letter dated May 15, 1970, to Chairman Macdonald re supplementary statement to testimony of May 4, 1970Executive Office of the President: 484 Statement by Hon. George A. Lincoln, Director, Office of Emer- 567 568 Federal Power Commission: Appendix A-Coordinating organizations and other members of 68 687 695 Appendix C--Order No. 383-2 issued April 10, 1970, Docket 700 Appendix D-Load supply tabulations for 1970 summer peak 712 Appendix E-Résumé of fuel, fuel transportation problems, 752 Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued Federal Power Commission-Continued Appendixes to the May 7, 1970, statement of Chairman Nassikas— Appendix F-Statement of John N. Nassikas, Chairman, Appendix H-Limiting temperture criteria in water quality Appendix I-Map of possible patterns of transmission de- Appendix J-Hearings on S. 3354, a bill to establish a Na- Letter dated May 13, 1970, from Commissioner Bagge to Chair- Major power outages (40 megawatts and 40,000 customers or Materials on the proposed "Electric Power Coordination Act of Letter dated July 1, 1969, transmitting the proposed bill to Members of National Electric Reliability Council (NERC). Twelve member groups or utilities which comprise the National Goss, Floyd L., chief electrical engineer and assistant manager, Los Exhibit 1-National Electric Reliability Council agreement, Exhibit 2-Statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Com- Exhibit 3-Statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Com- Progress reports of the 12 regional organizations to the executive Resolution of the New England AFL-CIO Council. Page 759 865 876 880 881 918 918 392 396 399 400 39 41 40 937 90 100 590 59 Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (see Goss, Floyd L.). Moss, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Page 320 An analysis of the 1969 electric power reliability bill from the 496 Statement of Hon. John E. Moss on introducing an improved Municipal Electric Association of Massachusetts: Decision dated March 26, 1969, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Letter dated April 8, 1969, to Chairman Macdonald re citation of National Coal Association, Stephen F. Dunn, president, letter dated National Wildlife Federation, Louis S. Clapper, Director of Conservation, statement_. Progress reports of the regional organizations to the executive Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Ernest R. Acker, chairman: 491 245 286 261 939 527 947 948 Supplemental statement with attachments dated May 1970Northern California Power Agency, forecast of load requirements of members... 952 333 Ohio Edison Co., D. Bruce Mansfield, president, and chairman of the board, Pennsylvania Power Co., statement.. 1000 Pennsylvania Power Co. (see Ohio Edison Co.) Southern Co., Harllee Branch, Jr., chairman of the board, statement.. 1008 1012 Western Systems Coordinating Council (see Goss, Floyd L.) Appendix: Text of H.R. 18789... 1015 Summary of H.R. 18789__. 1033 Report of the National Academy of Sciences on H.R. 18789_. 1034 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED AT HEARING Allegheny Power Service, Lee Rice, chairman of the board. American Electric Power Service Corp., Herbert B. Cohn, executive vice president. Carolinas-Virginias Power Pool (CARVA): Crutchfield, E. B., chairman, executive committee. Gibson, George, general counsel. Stallings, C. M. Consumers Power Co., A. H. Aymond, chairman of the board. East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (ECAR): Lentz, O. A., executive manager. Matthews, Walter J., member, executive board. Milner, B. Hudson, chairman, executive board. ..agel, T. J., chairman, coordination review committee. ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED AT HEARING-Con. Edison Electric Interstitute: Aymond, A. H., president, EEI, and chairman of the board, Consumers Power Co. Branch, Harllee, Jr., chairman of the board, Southern Co. Cohn, Herbert B., executive vice president, American Electric Power Service Corp. Gerdes, Robert H., president, EEI, and chairman of the board, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Snyder, Edwin H., chairman of the board, Public Service Electric & Gas Co. Welsh, J. Robert, chairman of the board, Southwestern Electric Power Co., and chairman, Southwest Power Pool. Electricities of North Carolina, J. W. Tally, Jr., general counsel. Executive Office of the President: Du Bridge, Dr. Lee A., Science Adviser to the President. Freeman, David, Chief, Energy Policy Group, Office of Science and Technology. Lincoln, Hon. George A., Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness. Federal Power Commission: Bagge, Hon. Carl E., Vice Chairman. Bardin, David J., Deputy General Counsel. Boyd, Robert B., electrical engineer, Bureau of Power. Brown, F. Stewart, Chief Engineer. Carver, Hon. John A., Jr., Commissioner. Goldstein, Daniel, Assistant General Counsel. Lindsay, William, Chief, Division of Rates and Corporate Regulation. Nassikas, Hon. John N., Chairman. O'Connor, Hon. Lawrence J., Commissioner. Solomon, Richard A., General Counsel. White, Hon. Lee C., Chairman. Kentucky Utilities Co., Harry M. Blanton, vice president. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Floyd L. Goss, chief electrical engineer and assistant manager. Maryland Public Service Commission, Hugh H. Hunter, chief engineer. Baker, James E., chairman, power planning committee. Speigel, George, counsel, power planning committee. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: Doub, William O., chairman, committee on electric and nuclear energy. National Electric Reliability Council: Brown, Walter, administrative manager. Goss, Floyd L., chairman. Rice, Lee, secretary. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: Hathaway, Mike, staff engineer. Robinson, Charles A., Jr., staff counsel. Northern California Power Agency: Cowden, R. W., secretary. McDonough, Martin, general counsel. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Robert H. Gerdes, chairman of the board. Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (New Jersey), Edwin H. Snyder, chairman of the board. Rachel Carson Trust for the Living Environment, John L. George, president. Southern Co., Harllee Branch, Jr., chairman of the board. Southwest Power Pool, J. Robert Welsh, chairman. Southwestern Electric Power Co., J. Robert Welsh, chairman of the board. ELECTRIC POWER RELIABILITY—1969-1970 TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1969 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND PO. ER, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice in room 2322, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Torbert H. Macdonald (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. MACDONALD. The hearing will come to order. Today the Subcommittee on Communications and Power is beginning hearings on my bill, H.R. 7186 and several others, all of which are intended to promote the reliability, abundance, economy, and efficiency of bulk electric power supplies. The need for legislation promoting electric power reliability was first made manifest by the massive Northeast power failure which began at 5:16 p.m. on November 9, 1965. By 5:30 p.m. most of the Northeast United States was darkened and a substantial part of the Province of Ontario, Canada was darkened. The interruption ranged from a few minutes in some places to as long as 13 hours in some parts of the city of New York. About 80,000 square miles and 30 million people were affected by the failure. Since that time there have been numerous other power outages. Fortunately none have been as massive as the Northeast power failure. But the threat remains. On June 5, 1967, power was interrupted on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland interconnection (the PJM failure). Electric power was cut off from about 13 million people for periods of from 20 minutes to 10 hours. From July 1, 1967, to June 30, 1968, there were 88 electric power failures involving failures of 25,000 kilowatts or more which lasted for a quarter of an hour or longer. During the last Christmas season we had a power failure in my home area, in Greater Boston. Something has got to be done about this and I believe as fast as possible. These power failures pose a threat to our national welfare and security, to say nothing of a threat to health and welfare of consumers during the time of the failures. True, the electric power industry has begun to form electric power coordinating councils but more than that has to be done. At the present time I don't regard any of the bills before the subcommittee as a complete answer to the problem but rather as a starting point. I hope that interested parties will not keep telling us why we |