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New England's Power Grid Operator Gets Federal Approval to Run System.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004
By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 25--New England's power grid operator received approval from federal energy regulators Wednesday to become the sole authority running the region's electric transmission system, a change designed to strengthen management of the power supply.
Grid officials and Connecticut utilities cheered the decision, saying it will grant independence to ISO New England, the not-for-profit organization that runs the grid.
The approval makes ISO New England a "regional transmission organization," or RTO, with the legal authority to manage the grid.
However, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he intends to ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
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