The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that affected parts of Ontario, Canada and the northeastern United States. It was the largest power outage in North American history.
When did it happen?
On August 14, 2003, starting just after 4:10 PM EDT
Affected millions of people for at least one day, and some even longer
What was the cause?
A software bug in the alarm system at the control room of FirstEnergy
Deficiencies in operations and procedures, including a lack of adequate vegetation management
Poor communications between utilities
Lack of training and tools for local operators
What was the impact?
The outage caused an economic impact north of ten billion dollars
The shutdown was the result of a monitoring and diagnostic systems failure
It was the world's second most widespread blackout in history, after the 1999 Southern Brazil blackout
What cities were affected? New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Metro Detroit, and Michigan.
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The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that affected parts of Ontario, Canada and the northeastern United States. It was the largest power outage in North American history.
When did it happen?
On August 14, 2003, starting just after 4:10 PM EDT
Affected millions of people for at least one day, and some even longer What was the cause?
A software bug in the alarm system at the control room of FirstEnergy
Deficiencies in operations and procedures, including a lack of adequate vegetation management
Poor communications between utilities
Lack of training and tools for local operators
What was the impact?
The outage caused an economic impact north of ten billion dollars
The shutdown was the result of a monitoring and diagnostic systems failure
It was the world's second most widespread blackout in history, after the 1999 Southern Brazil blackout
What cities were affected? New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Metro Detroit, and Michigan.
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