How Unlikely Coalition Scuttled Plan to Remake Electrical Grid.

Reports that little progress will be made in the effort to remake the U.S electrical grid as was speculated after the August 2003 black out in the eastern portion of the United States. Details of an energy bill in Congress, indicating a plan to reduce the disruptions in electricity markets proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will not be part of it; Year in which Senate Energy Committee chairman Pete Domenci, a New Mexico Republican, will put off implementation of the FERC plan, which aims to fix some of the management and structural problems that may have contributed to the black out; Number of controllers overseeing the U.S. power grid, suggesting confusing lines of authority and interorganizational communication choppy; Details of FERC's plan to reduce the amount of management.