I just want to say that when we talk about reliability, we're talking about the reliability of the bulk power system, so that no disturbances cascade into outages that could cause region-wide blackouts, not just local events. We're talking of the size of the northeast.
These criteria are planning and operating criteria put in place to protect the system for the benefit of all users, so you can have a robust marketplace and can sell power from point A to point B in a reliable system that remains operable under a variety of system conditions. The operators will follow these guidelines and procedures, as well as the planning aspects.
There's a lot of wind power being proposed for the future—a lot of projects in the United States and Canada—as well as demand-side programs. When we develop the criteria through our committees and experts, we are very careful to make sure these are technologically neutral, so that the requirements are purely for the reliability of the system. That's taken into account.
Normally when projects come before us, before they can be implemented, they need a signed purchase power agreement or they have to enter into something with their local utility. Within those agreements come the conditions they must adhere to, including mandatory NERC standards now, as well as any more strict criteria the region has. So this is done at a planning stage before the project's even interconnected. It goes into the design of the projects, whether it's wind, or hydro, or a nuclear unit, for that matter. It's taken into account. The reliability is in the best interest of everyone.