NERC Trustee Paul Barber Addresses Transmission Forum on Emerging Reliability Issues • September 16, 2008 

In a speech that touched on cyber security, climate change, vegetation management, and system protection and controls, Paul Barber, a NERC Trustee, offered highlights of emerging and important issues that will affect reliability and transmission operations in the coming years.

"We are on the cusp of another wave of change in the industry," Barber commented. "New technologies such as smart grid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, new constraints from environmental concerns, and new concepts for harnessing 'green' power present our industry with a growing opportunity, an opportunity for innovation, collaboration, and, ultimately, success."

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