1. Blackout Investigation Organization
Steering Group
U.S – Canada
Task Force
Vegetation/ROW Mgmt.
Investigation Team
Lead
Project Planning and Support
Root Cause Analysis
Cooper Systems
Report Preparation
Investigation Process Review
NERC & Regional Standards/Procedures & Compliance
Sequence of Events
MAAC/ECAR/NPCC
Coordinating Group
Transmission System Performance, Protection, Control
Maint. & Damage
Operations - Tools, SCADA/EMS Communications Op Planning
MAAC
Restoration
Generator Performance, Protection, Controls
Maint. & Damage
ECAR
Data Requests and Management
Frequency/ACE
NPCC
System Modeling and Simulation Analysis
System Planning, Design, & Studies
MEN Study Group