‘distribution system operator’ means a natural or legal person responsible for operating, ensuring the maintenance of and, if necessary, developing the distribution system in a given area and, where applicable, its interconnections with other systems and for ensuring the long-term ability of the system to meet reasonable demands for the distribution of electricity;

It seems to me that as a result of the ice storm and as a result of the blackout that affected the eastern seaboard, and because of the north-south orientation of our primary grid the distribution grid there's an opportunity to evaluate the integrated capacity of hydro and wind as we start to readjust from a north-south grid to an east-west grid, particularly regionally, in the eastern part of the country.

‘distribution system operator’: a natural or legal person responsible for operating, ensuring the maintenance of and, if necessary, developing the distribution system of electricity or natural gas in a given area and, where applicable, its interconnections with other systems, and for ensuring the long term ability of the system to meet reasonable demands for the distribution of electricity or natural gas;

The following projects have been identified for Community assistance in function of their degree of advancement and the estimates of expenditure to be made before 1993: . The creation of reception facilities and transmission networks for the introduction of natural gas in Portugal and Greece; . The establishment of an interconnection between the gas transmission networks of the Republic of Ireland and those of the United Kingdom The inclusion of the island of Corsica in a possible future interconnection between gas transmission networks on the mainland of Italy and a transmission network to be established on the island of Sardinia; . The establishment of interconnections between gas transmission systems in Portugal and those in Spain The ...[+++]establishment of an interconnection between electricity distribution networks in Italy and those in Greece.

The second group will focus on building a more efficient electricity grid on a North American basis, incorporating smart grid technologies to the North American marketplace.

With regard to the contribution from the Community itself, Mr Abel Matutes, Commissioner responsible for Mediterranean policy, explained that it would go toward the restoration of public and private hospital services, the electricity supply network, the public water supply and the state schools system.