Grid Lock. Marianne Lavelle.
by Lavelle, Marianne; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 80Environment. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Electric industries | Electric power distribution | Electric power failures | Electric power transmission | Emergency management | Energy industries -- Finance | Governmental investigations | Northeastern States | Preparedness | Technological innovationsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As a federal task force tries to pinpoint precisely what caused the largest power blackout in North American history in mid-August [2003], one fact has become glaringly clear. No one was able to wrest enough control of the tightly interwoven, antiquated electrical grid to stop the chain of events that halted business and disrupted life for 50 million people in eight states and Canada." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article notes that "if policymakers hope to avoid future blackouts, they will need to address long-deferred questions about the adequacy of the nation's electrical 'grid,' who commands this interstate power highway, and who pays for its improvement."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Grid Lock, Sept. 1, 2003; pp. 30+.
"As a federal task force tries to pinpoint precisely what caused the largest power blackout in North American history in mid-August [2003], one fact has become glaringly clear. No one was able to wrest enough control of the tightly interwoven, antiquated electrical grid to stop the chain of events that halted business and disrupted life for 50 million people in eight states and Canada." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article notes that "if policymakers hope to avoid future blackouts, they will need to address long-deferred questions about the adequacy of the nation's electrical 'grid,' who commands this interstate power highway, and who pays for its improvement."
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