European Commission hails success of electricity suppliers surveillance system

European Commission Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, has welcomed the successful deployment of the European electricity suppliers surveillance system. This was fully deployed this summer as a contingency measure aimed at preventing wide-area power outages.

Although the system has been running for three years, 2007 was the first time that the Commission has given those responsible for the system the possibility of coordinating cross-border incident response.

This summer, the electricity suppliers surveillance system tracked a number of major supply interruptions – including one in Barcelona on 23 July and the ones in the UK in and around Gloucestershire at the end of July following flooding. However, neither of these required a response at European level. Officials managing the system have also been in close contact with Greek authorities to evaluate the impact of the forest fires on the electricity system.

•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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