Canada'U.S. Report Details Actions Taken to Reduce Blackout Risk

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OTTAWA - The co-leads of the Canada-U.S. Power System Outage Task Force, Dr. Nawal Kamel and David Meyer, have released a joint report called The August 14th Blackout One Year Later: Actions Taken to Reduce Blackout Risk. The report details key accomplishments over the last year and identifies major challenges still ahead. On August 14, 2003, the largest blackout in North American history affected the province of Ontario and eight U.S. states, leaving up to 50 million people with no electricity. Canada and the United States established a Task Force with the mandate to identify the causes of the power outage and make recommendations to reduce the possibility and scope of future outages. After its Final Report was issued in April 2004, the Task Force had its mandate extended for a year, underscoring the two governments' commitment to ensuring that its recommendations would be implemented. In the period since the release of the report, government agencies, the North American Electric Reliability Council and the electricity industry have pursued a wide array of initiatives to reduce the risk of future blackouts. The report is available at http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ and http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/. For more information, media may contact: Tim ChurchOffice of the MinisterNatural Resources CanadaOttawa(613) 996-2007 Ghyslain CharronMedia RelationsNatural Resources CanadaOttawa(613) 992-4447 Jeanne LopattoOffice of Public AffairsU.S. Department of Energy(202) 586-4940

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