Power Engineering/Industry Applications Joint Society

2004 Events History

12/15/04: John Stratton presented on Changing Face of the Power Industry: John Stratton also received a Life Service Award at the meeting
4/14/04: Dr. Safiuddin present on "Pointing the Finger for the Great Blackout of 2003": Dr. Safiuddin presented a brief history of the power grid to establish how the system developed. Then he discussed recent business (non-technical) changes in the power industry and its relation to the recent power failure. The industry is maximizing its profit and oversight responsibility is broken up under: local utilities, state boards, and the FERC. We can expect more blackouts certainly. However, it appears our power grid is degrading into one equivalent to a third-world country.