Even before a massive blackout paralyzed the Northeast, Duke Power Co. and other Southeastern utilities planned to spend billions of dollars to modernize the region's electrical grid, officials said ...

A breakdown of the Northeast blackout: NEW YORK: Power to New York City was fully restored at 9:03 p.m., Consolidated Edison announced, and virtually all the rest of the state had regained electricity ...

On August 14, 2003, the simple fact of a power line falling against a few nearby trees in Northern Ohio caused a massive power failure that affected eight Northeastern states, Canada, and 50 million ...

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Regulators have imposed millions of dollars in civil penalties against energy companies that risk the dependability of the U.S. electrical grid since new rules following the 2003 Northeast blackout ...

DETROIT – It was a typical summer day until, in a matter of minutes, 50 million people were without power. That was 21 years ago. We’re talking about the 2003 Northeast Blackout. By 4:15 p.m. on Aug.

NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Service Electric and Gas, New Jersey's largest utility, is well prepared to meet customer demand for safe, reliable electricity for the remainder of ...

Ten years ago this month, a software bug in an Ohio company’s control room caused a widespread, multi-day blackout, affecting 45 million Americans across eight states on the East Coast and through ...

For a while, this colossal disaster was a shared reference point for millions. We salvaged a tub of ice cream on the roof, hitched a ride home with strangers, directed traffic at a darkened ...

The power outage Thursday will be long remembered by the millions of people who were stuck in hot buildings, were stranded in traffic or got blistered feet on long walks home. Here, in ...

In some respects, Kingdon Capital Management lucked out with the Northeast blackout of August 2003. The outage occurred after the market had closed and, for Kingdon at least, only lasted about 12 ...

Think back to the summer of 2003, and you'll no doubt recall the great Northeast blackout: a cascading mid-August power outage that knocked out electricity in New York, Ontario, much of New England ...