The purpose of the meeting is to review the event and ensure that all appropriate actions are being taken to ensure reliability. The Department of Energy is meeting through the weekend, monitoring the situation, and assessing the potential for additional problems. Power transfers from the Northwest to California have been reduced from previously established limits as a precaution until detailed technical assessments can be completed. Electric utility personnel are assessing the forecasts for weather conditions next week and the potential operating conditions that might be expected. Temperatures are expected to moderate gradually over the next few days in the Northwest, however, temperatures and customer electricity demands are expected to remain at high levels in northern California.
Plans are in place to deal with the hot weather conditions.
WSCC is forming an investigative Task Force of technical experts which will convene next week to conduct a detailed assessment and prepare a report of its findings. The report will include recommendations for any appropriate actions required to maintain an acceptable level of reliability. The e-mail version is in WordPerfect 5.1. The power outage began when all major transmission lines between Oregon and California were disconnected for as yet unknown reasons. There have been reports of fires in the area under the lines and at least one conductor is down.