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Readiness for the Upcoming Solar Maximum
with the threat to electrical power distribution posed by the rise in solar activity associated with the solar maximum. No other national agency has yet addressed this need, which is appropriately connected with the issue of energy.
Conclusions and Recommendations for DOE
Although DOE has reasons for its highly targeted commitment to the space environment endeavor, the committees believe that with minimal disruption of the status quo, DOE's contribution to the solar maximum activities described herein can be enhanced.
The committees recommend that DOE participate in the dialogue of the interagency coordinating committee for the National Space Weather Program and reassess its own role in that activity (e.g., in the area of power transmission).
The committees also recommend that DOE continue its support for the flight of space radiation monitors, together with support for making its data available to the community at large, with special expediency during the solar maximum.
