All of that motivates us to be extra careful this year in our preparations for winter. That's why it makes sense to work with our customers and plan in advance the actions necessary to deal with local power outages should they occur. We're communicating with people, asking residential customers to conserve and helping large customers make plans for curtailing power use in emergencies. We're meeting with other utilities about sharing power if there is a shortage in the region. We are also involved in developing a new system emergency plan for the entire Northwest region.
Reliability is the cornerstone of the electrical industry.
We must always be ready to handle the possibility of outages and system emergencies. As in the past, reliability will best be served by good preparation and strong cooperative relationships with other utilities, power suppliers and customers. That is exactly what we are doing.