Show A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November 16 2003 Nation Q Hepatitis cases now top 500 - Unas girodl Pm SMl KCll l At'i Thc number of vcoplc infected in a hepatitis A outbreak linked to a western IVnnlan'iareslan- - rant has exceeded St H) and is likely to continue risinji for '’ another week' state Health IXpartmenl officiaU said Sat- - Ml imeirjgy WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to the summer's-massivpowerbliickout Congress is considering in its broad energy hill utility officials and regulators contend has added to reliability prob- lems The hi II calls for a three-yethe first federal rules with penal- delay of a federal plan that requires utilities to adopt a national grid f ties to protect electricity transmission systems from rapidly design and forces utilities to turn cascading outages operation of their power grids to :’ The Republican blueprint for ah regional managers': overhaul of US energy priorities The measure also stipulates that also would direct the government transmission owners — often to order construction of critical " entrenched utilities — make giving power lines ifstates do not aet In’ electricity to their’own customers a '' addition companies could charge priority' Independent power more for moving power td spur argue this hinders’develop-men- t ' investment in new lines of competitive markets and y in ' Some experts have questioned (urn transmission line improve- w hether the electricity proposals in ments the energy legislation are enough to Bur utilities and state regulators a the across the South and Northwest of protect against repeat have opposed the government's rapidly moving blackout that blackened parts of eight states attempt to impose a national grid from N'w York City to Michigan design They point to California's in a matter of minutes in August experience with competition and a Canadian want no part of it US Tuesday ' task force is scheduled to make Many utility executives and law' makers who developed the bill public an interim report on the blackout's causes Documents however argue that the new rules comthat released and otheF measures such as repealalready suggests munications failures equipment ing a 1935 law that restricts the problems and shortcomings in elec- - activities of large utility holding companies will go a long way tricity grid management probably toward improving and protecting played a role A final version of the energy leg- power grids islation is expected to be taken up "Overtiriieit Vill minimize jf ' by the House and Senate as early as not avoid blackouts like the one’ : ' tirdav - 'Three people ihUVlcdwTih the virus have died and llioU- sands Jiave lined up for inocu-laribsihee div outbreak w as reported in early Niivenihvr h" among people who aie ai' a Mexican restaurant ’ : ns pro-duce- Chi-C'hj's rs ’’ ' said ar the company has adopted : "extraordinary measures" company wide including sickness logs for employees and asking workers to sign "wellness statements" averting they are not ill in an effort to prevent similar outbreaks else- : ' -- ' where As of Saturday S 1) cases of hepatitis A had been confirmed in the outbreak Pennsylvania Health Department spokesman Richard McGar-ve- ' ’ : y said He said more 'infections' ''are expected because people who Contract hepatitis A typically' don't exhibit its early flu-lisymptoms for 2X to 30 days! 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