ConsumerPowerline Says Actions by Regulators Could Devastate Emergency Demand Response Programs, Putting New York City at Risk of Major Blackouts This Summer

U.S. Newswire, February, 2007

To: ENERGY EDITORS

Contact: Lewis Goldberg, 1-212-896-1216, lgoldberg@kcsa.com, or Danielle DeVoren, 1-212-896-1225, ddevoren@kcsa.com, both of KCSA Worldwide, for ConsumerPowerline

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The energy firm ConsumerPowerline (CPLN) says New York may well face a significantly increased risk for a major blackout during the summer of 2007. The increased risk to New York's energy security would be due to an arbitrary and detrimental rule change that holds the potential to destroy or emasculate emergency Demand Response Programs in New York City and the state. The proposed rule change is now in front of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and a ruling is expected by FERC in early March. The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO),...

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