North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: California PUC orders outage notification
This will happen if the ISO gives ample warning, it has already been determined that 10 minutes would not fall within that category, so its a good decision but has its drawbacks. As for today's decision by the PUC on Northpoint http://news.excite.com/news/r/010330/15/net-northpoint-shutdown-dc The California ISP Association (CISPA) brought pressure to bear on this issue. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/03/30/010330hnispnor.xml?p=br&s=6 Sean Donelan wrote: > The California Public Utilities Commission has ordered electric > utility companies to provide advance notification of rolling > blackouts. In the past some utilities have declined to provide > advance notice before blackouts, citing security concerns such > as the possibility of looting and rioting. The City of San Francisco > complained the lack of notice hampered its ability mobolize > police and medical workers. > > No mention how the utilities will actually accomplish this > advance notification. -- Thank you; |---------------------------------| | Thinking is a learned process. | | ICANN member @large | | Gigabit over IP, ieee 802.17 | | working group | | Resilient Packet Transport | | http://www.luminousnetworks.com | |---------------------------------| Henry R. Linneweh
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