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What Caused The Blackout of 2003
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Emcee:  thebeach Type:  Unmoderated
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I start this thread to discuss the Blackout of 2003,not to place any blame but to analyse the factors that led to the breakdown of the electrical grid and the idling of 50 million people.
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14Centralization Guarantees Security Nezavisimaya Gazeta RAO UES management guarCopperfield-9/12/2003
13Ontario Fails to Restart Power Plants as Demand Rises Aug. 21 -- Ontario PowerCopperfield-8/21/2003
12talk of 1st Energy being another Enron, I hope not. problem with Government corChas.-8/21/2003
11Power Glitches Weren't New to FirstEnergy story.news.yahoo.comCopperfield-8/21/2003
10Ontario faces another day's power pinch globeandmail.caCopperfield-8/21/2003
9Report warned of flaws in power grid Andrew C. Revkin, James Glanz, New York TCopperfield-8/21/2003
8Same kind of thing in Canada. Fingerpointing and political infighting is the ordCopperfield-8/21/2003
7Reputations are at stake here........ Sec of Energy Abraham is going overboard Chas.-8/20/2003
6U.S., Canadian officials to meet on blackout probe By Chris Baltimore WASHINGCopperfield-8/20/2003
5Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 Chubais: UES to Study Power Failure The head of RussiaCopperfield-8/17/2003
4Blackout pinned on three failed transmissionlines in Ohio WASHINGTON — A failuCopperfield-8/17/2003
3Blackout blamed on many causes — somewhere else The largest power blackout in ACopperfield-8/17/2003
2Preliminary Analysis of Measurement Data from New York Blackout of 2003 enerneCopperfield-8/17/2003
1A Timeline of the 2003 Blackout Federal and industry regulators investigating wCopperfield-8/17/2003
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