Subject: Re: power failure causes and effects
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:12:04 -0700
Fred Heutte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It looks like DC may have had a close call - the University of Maryland
was
dark for about 1 hour, and I have heard several news reports here stating
that the local
It appears that this was the largest power outage on record,
in a variety of respects (geographic reach, number of grid
line-miles, megawatts of capacity, number of affected
customers, etc.).
Despite all the noise already arising about the antiquated
American grid, it's important to recognize
Most of the early rumors about causes of the power failure
have proven incorrect -- fire at a New York City power plant,
etc.
Most likely is a congestion failure in the Niagara-Mohawk
grid, which covers a large part of New York state and has
feeders across into Canada.
Congestion failures
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:12:04 -0700
Fred Heutte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It looks like DC may have had a close call - the University of Maryland was
dark for about 1 hour, and I have heard several news reports here stating
that the local (DC regional) power grid just managed to
decouple from
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To: Fred Heutte [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: power failure causes and effects
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:12:04 -0700
Fred Heutte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It looks like DC may have had a close call - the University of Maryland
was
dark
