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Blackout won't affect New York's utility credit
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services noted that it does not expect the recent power outage that affected New York State to adversely affect the credit quality of New York utilities Consolidated Edison Inc. (A/Stable/A-1), Energy East Corp. (BBB+/Negative/--), Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (A/Stable/--) and Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. (A/Stable/--).

U.S. energy legislation can bolster transmission capacity and enhance reliability
When Congress returns after Labor Day, lawmakers will take up pending energy legislation that already contains five key provisions needed to bolster U.S. electric transmission capacity and help ensure power system reliability, EEI President Thomas Kuhn declared recently.

Australians to consume an additional 25 TWh by 2008 says ESSA
Australia's electricity consumption is expected to rise another 25 TWh to more than 206 TWh by 2008, according to modelling undertaken for the Electricity Supply Association of Australia Limited (ESAA).

WADE promotes distributed generation as solution to US power woes
In response to the major power blackouts in North America on 14 August, the World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE) has called on electricity market regulators throughout the world to remove the barriers to the wider use of decentralized energy, claiming that this is a more cost effective way to increase the resilience of electricity systems and so reduce the prospects for similar catastrophes in the future.

Report recommends UK customers switch power supplier for improved service
Independent market analyst, Datamonitor (DTM.L)'s new report reveals that, despite widespread grievances with customer service provided by their electricity suppliers, 61per cent of UK industrial and commercial customers decided to stay with their electricity supplier at their last contract renewal date.

UES says Russia safe from US-style blackouts
Experts from Unified Energy Systems of Russia believe that a power blackout on the scale of what happened in the United States on Thursday is not likely in Russia.

Big gap in infrastructure investment may have contributed to blackouts
R.J. Rudden Associates Inc. said a big gap in infrastructure investment may have contributed to the Aug. 14 blackouts that cut power to more than 50 million in the Northeast U.S. and Canada. The company also re-released two reports addressing the need for infrastructure investment in the utility industry.

NPCC readies assessment team to investigate blackouts
The Northeast Power Coordinating Council announced that it is assembling an assessment team of regional experts to perform a detailed analysis of power outage events within the region.

Secretary Abraham deploys investigators to probe outages
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced the Department of Energy has dispatched teams of investigators to the Northeast and Upper Midwest to begin on-site investigations into the cause of the recent power outages.

Blackouts heighten argument for distributed generation
In light of the recent blackouts that hit several U.S. states on Thursday, the country must take a closer, more serious look at distributed-generation systems, commented Dennis A. Orwig, CEO of Encorp Inc.

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