In fact, data organizations often set reliability standards that their data must meet before publication.
Unfortunately, the present trend in the industry is toward less stringent reliability standards.
Of course, this does not reduce the need for federal legislation that would provide authority to impose and enforce mandatory reliability standards.
But, as many pre-war designs found, the engine technologies promised were not up to acceptable reliability standards.
First, the federal government should work with states to develop uniform reliability standards for electric grid performance.
They define scientific challenges that must meet the military performance and reliability standards.
Since 1919, the state continues to test tractors to ensure reliability standards.
That's because customers know they can count on us to meet stringent security and reliability standards.
There's even a major push to lower reliability standards to allow greater commercial use of the grid.
That opposition has held up progress on an energy bill that included mandatory reliability standards for the grid.