The new rules include an option to meet an average emissions standard over multiple years, a phase - in period intended to give power
plant operators added flexibility meeting the requirement.
Electric currents that flow into and out of the ionosphere, which AMPERE monitors, have various effects on it as well as the atmosphere in general that can cause problems with tracking LEO space debris, the use of GPS systems, and even terrestrial power
plants — as was the case when a geomagnetic storm took down Quebec's power grid in 1989, Anderson says,
adding, «The
operators didn't know what was happening.»