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pjm-customer-info@majordomo.pjm.com: MAAC Executive Board Files Restructuring Agreement September 27, 2000 Norristown, PA: The Mid-Atlantic Area Council (MAAC), one of the ten regional reliability councils of the North American Electric Reliability Councils (NERC), filed a new agreement on September 22 regarding the governance of MAAC with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). MAAC's basic purpose is to ensure the reliability of the interconnected bulk power system in the region. MAAC's area of responsibility covers the same geographical region as the control area operated by the PJM Independent System Operator (PJM ISO), consisting of all or parts of the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The MAAC restructuring process began years ago and is expected, with FERC approval, to be implemented on January 1, 2001. "We are excited to be positioning the MAAC organization to address the needs of the new competitive era, thanks to the interest and participation of the stakeholders for over two years." stated Pete Landrieu, MAAC Executive Board Chair. Phillip G. Harris, Regional Manager of MAAC, commented "The relationship between reliability and markets will be enhanced and strengthened by the MAAC restructuring. We are also pleased to be making this change as effectively as possible through the use of existing PJM organizational and other resources. " Under the filed agreement, a new MAAC Members Committee is chartered with the creation of the approval process of the MAAC Reliability Principles and Standards. Other new MAAC Committees are chartered, most notably, a MAAC Energy Market Committee to serve as a forum for the discussion of the impact of reliability on the commercial market place, and the marketplace on reliability. The agreement also provides for stakeholder representation on the MAAC Board. Appropriate amendments to existing PJM agreements will be discussed with the PJM members and filed with the FERC. The Mid-Atlantic Area Council was established in December 1967 to augment the reliability of the bulk electric supply systems of its members through coordinated planning of generation and transmission facilities. The MAAC Region encompasses nearly 50,000 square miles from Virginia to New York and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Under the existing MAAC Agreement and the Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., MAAC and PJM members are obligated to comply with MAAC and NERC operating and planning principles and standards. Please DO NOT REPLY to this message. If you have a question for PJM Customer Relations and Training, please send an e-mail to custsvc@pjm.com. To unsubscribe from this list, send an e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pjm.com containing only the following line in the body of the e-mail: unsubscribe pjm-customer-info
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