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Federal Power Act amendments focus on grid reliability
Fedorchak
North Dakota’s sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican freshman Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak, has introduced the Baseload Reliability Protection Act.
The bill aims to “amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit retirements of baseload electric generating units in any area that is served by a Regional Transmission Organization or an Independent System Operator and that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation [NERC] categorizes as at elevated risk or high risk of electricity supply shortfalls, and for other purposes.”
A summary of the legislation is available on Fedorchak’s House website.
Amendments: The Baseload Reliability Protection Act would amend the Federal Power Act in the following ways:
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|4:20–5:45PM EST |Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Edward J. Cazalas
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Alternate Chair:
Kyle C. Hartig
Student Assistant:
Radoslaw Pudelko
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Fieldable Muon Momentum Measurement Using Coupled Pressurized Gaseous Cherenkov Detectors
4:25–4:45PM EST
J. Bae (Purdue Univ.), S. Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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Solar Photovoltaic Device Response to Gamma-Ray Irradiation
4:45–5:05PM EST
Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State Univ.), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State Univ.), Lei Raymond Cao (Ohio State Univ.)
Verification of Radiation Doses Estimated with Watches Using Commercial Dosimeters
5:05–5:25PM EST
Natalie Coon (NC State Univ.), Modeste Tchouaso (NC State Univ.), Robert Hayes (NC State Univ.)
Damage Effects from Alpha Neutron Source Irradiation of Ga2O3 Rectifiers
5:25–5:45PM EST
Minghan Xian (Univ. of Florida), F. Ren (Univ. of Florida), S.J. Pearton (Univ. of Florida), Elena Flitsiyan (Univ. of Central Florida)
Temperature-Dependent Hybrid/Organic Scintillators
5:45–6:05PM EST
J. Arrue (Georgia Institute of Technology), C. Chandler (Colorado School of Mines), A. Sellinger (Colorado School of Mines), A. Erickson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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