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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was just another hot August afternoon for New York electricity grid chief Rick Gonzales, as he sat in the control room helping to make sure the state's 8 million homes had ...

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.

Talk about a lightning surge. After years of being all but powerless in the Buffalo TV news market, Channel 2 had an impressive power surge Thursday covering the blackout of 2003. Channel 4 and ...

Michael Legatt’s career defending the electricity grid started in the wake of the 2003 Northeast blackout and now winds its way into the MSES classroom. For a few minutes in 2003, Michael Legatt ...

Carmelo Anthony, Jamal Crawford, Stephon Marbury, and Amar'e Stoudemire nearly made their New York City basketball debuts on a warm August evening two decades ago. Software issues, fallen trees, human ...

(AP) 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 ...

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 ...