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Flaws cited in huge 2011 blackout in Southwest U.S.
May 01, 2012
May 01, 2012
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(AP> SAN DIEGO — Federal energy regulators on Tuesday blamed inadequate planning and lack of grid coordination for a blackout last year that affected millions of people in Southern California, Arizona and Mexico's Baja California.
Workers serve pizza to customers outside Filippi's Pizza after a massive blackout hit Southern California, Sept. 8, 2011, in San Diego, California.
/ Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and North American Electric Reliability Corp. said in a statement that the Sept. 8 outage "stemmed from operating in an unsecured state due to inadequate planning and a lack of observability
Workers serve pizza to customers outside Filippi's Pizza after a massive blackout hit Southern California, Sept. 8, 2011, in San Diego, California.
/ Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and North American Electric Reliability Corp. said in a statement that the Sept. 8 outage "stemmed from operating in an unsecured state due to inadequate planning and a lack of observability
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