ELECTRIC POWER RELIABILITY-1969-1970 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS ON H.R. 7186, H.R. 12585, H.R. 489, H.R. 9429 BILLS TO SECURE BULK POWER SUPPLIES ADEQUATE TO (and related bills) MARCH 25, 26, 27, 28; JULY 30, 1969; MAY 4, 5, 6, AND 7, 1970 Serial No. 91-94 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 31-256 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1971 COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois G. ROBERT WATKINS, Pennsylvania W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk KENNETH J. PAINTER, Assistant Clerk Professional Staff ANDREW STEVENSON 2 KURT BORCHARDT WILLIAM J. DIXON SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts, Chairman LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California 1 Deceased August 13, 1969. 2 Retired October 31, 1969. JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado Office of Emergency Preparedness, Executive Offices of the President, on H.R. 7186, H.R. 489, H.R. 1253, H.R. 5841, H.R. 7016, and Aymond, A. H., chairman of the board, Consumers Power Co. and president, Edison Electric Institute__ Bagge, Hon. Carl E., Vice Chairman, Federal Power Commission___ Baker, James E., chairman, power planning committee, Municipal Electric Association of Massachusetts. Bardin, David J., Deputy General Counsel, Federal Power Commis- Blanton, Harry M., vice president, Kentucky Utilities Co.. Boyd, Robert B., electrical engineer, Bureau of Power, Federal Power Brown, F. Stewart, chief engineer, Federal Power Commission. Brown, Walter, administrative manager, National Electric Reliability Carver, John A., Jr., Commissioner, Federal Power Commission___ 590, 914 Cohen, Herbert B., executive vice president, American Electric Power Service Corp., also in behalf of Edison Electric Institute.. Cowden, R. W., secretary, Northern California Power Agency- Crutchfield, E. B., chairman, executive committee, Carolinas-Virginias Doub, William O., chairman, committee on electric and nuclear energy, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners--- DuBridge, Dr. Lee A., science adviser to the President, Executive |