Bpu Chief Urges New Rules to Avert Blackouts ; Seeks Hearings On Task Force Recommendations

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TRENTON - New Jersey's top energy regulator said Tuesday that recommendations from a U.S.-Canadian task force responding to the nation's worst blackout should be imposed on Garden State power companies.

Board of Public Utilities President Jeanne M. Fox said some of the recommendations could have helped prevent a July 5 blackout that affected more than 40,000 shore area customers. She is calling for hearings on the recommendations to start within the month.

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Bpu Chief Urges New Rules to Avert Blackouts ; Seeks Hearings On Task Force Recommendations

But Fox, who served as a member of the international task force, said preventing a recurrence of the larger, Aug. 14 power outage requires congr...

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