(Metering International, Issue 2, 2007, pp. 72–75)
The North American bulk power industry underwent a momentous change on June 4, 2007, when reliability standards became, for the first time in history, mandatory and legally enforceable in the United States. This change has been a long time coming, although when the seeds for mandatory standards were first planted is debatable.
Advanced metering, Reliability, Power industry, Enforceable, Mandatory standards