On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 10:28, Tom Marinis wrote: > > Uhm, Ontario not wanting to build more plants in that province > is incorrect. In fact, it's exactly the opposite. >
None of the power authorities are blameless. The fact is that the demand for power has far outstripped our capacity to supply it. The reluctance to undertake expensive mega-projects that would raise taxes and affect the environment are contributing factors. As far as the "epicenter" of the outage is concerned - the jury is still out and, with all the political implications involved, we may never know. However, the report issued by NERC yesterday indicated that the sequence of events started shortly after 2pm on the Chamberlain-Harding 365kv line in the Cleveland area and rippled from their, first causing local line sags and reverses, then taking out regions. The power grid in Canada was not affected until 3:11pm. Read the concise report here: http://www.nerc.com/pub_doc/PreliminaryDisturbanceReport.pdf -- burns _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
