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1、UTILITYVEGETATIONMANAGEMENTANDBULKELECTRICRELIABILITYREPORTFROMTHEFEDERALENERGYREGULATORYCOMMISSIONSEPTEMBER7,2004ExecutiveSummaryElectrictransmissionownersandoperatorsconductvegetationmanagementtopreventphysicalcontactbetweentransmissionlinesandnearbyv
2、egetationthatcouldcauseatransmissionlinetofail.OnAugust14,2003,anelectricpowerblackoutaffectedlargeportionsoftheNortheastandMidwestUnitedStatesandOntario,Canada.PresidentGeorgeW.BushandPrimeMinisterJeanChrétienestablishedajointU.S.-CanadaPowerSystemOuta
3、geTaskForce(TaskForce)toinvestigatethecausesoftheblackoutandhowtoreducethepossibilityoffutureoutages.OnApril5,2004,theTask1ForceissuedaFinalBlackoutReportstatingthatoneofthefourprimarycausesoftheblackoutwasinadequatevegetationmanagement(treepruningandre
4、moval).InresponsetotheFinalBlackoutReport,theFederalEnergyRegulatoryCommission(Commission)directedalldesignatedtransmissionownerstofilereportswiththeCommissionbyJune17,2004,explainingtheirvegetationmanagement2practicesfordesignatedtransmissionfacilities
5、andrights-of-way.TheCommissionstaffworkedwiththeleadershipoftheNationalAssociationofRegulatoryUtilityCommissioners’(NARUC)ad-hocCommitteeonCriticalInfrastructuretoanalyzethesereportstolookforsignificantpatternsandpotentialproblemsinthevegetationmanageme
6、ntpracticesoftheelectricindustry.ThisreporttoCongresssummarizestheCommission’sfindingsandrecommendations.Inthisreport,theCommissionalsorecommendsthatCongressenactlegislationprovidingformandatory,enforceablereliabilityrules.KeyObservationsThetransmission
7、ownerswereaskedtoreportontheresultsoftheirmostrecenttransmissionlinevegetationmanagementinspections,necessaryremedialactionsidentified,andwhethersuchactionshadbeencompletedbeforethesummer2004peak1thU.S.-CanadaPowerSystemOutageTaskForce,FinalReportontheA
8、ugust14BlackoutintheUnitedStatesandCanada:CausesandRecommendations(April2004)(FinalBlackoutReport).2OrderRequiringReportingonVegetationManagementPracticesRelatedtoDesignatedTransmissionFacilities,107FERC¶61,053(2004)(VegetationMa
