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Internet Proves Worthy During Outage but Electric Grid Questions Remain

Internet Survives Power Failure: The Internet was for the most part performing normally, despite the power failure, according to Internet performance tracker Keynote Systems.

  • Crash of System PredictedNorth American Electric Reliability Council issued a warning to Congress two years ago. See the press release, NERC General Counsel Testifies on Electric Grid Reliabity. The testimony, from October 10, 2001 is here.
  • Examples of Major Bulk Systems Power Outages
  • NERC Still In Dark Over Blackout Cause
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