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Power outage of 2003. 14 2003 when a tree branch in ohio started an outage that cascaded across a broad swath from michigan to new england and canada. Power surge blacks out northeast hitting cities in 8 states and canada. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and the canadian province of ontario on august 14 2003 beginning just after 410 pm. Midday shutdowns disrupt millions.
New york subways resumed limited services around 8 pm. This page looks back at what caused the power outage presents lessons learned and outlines some of the steps that have been taken since to improve power system reliability across. The us states of new york new. About 50 million people lost power aug.
Areas affected extended from new york massachusetts and new jersey west to michigan and from ohio north to toronto and ottawa ontario. The blackout of 2003. On august 1428 the northeast blackout of 2003 a wide area power failure in the northeastern us and central canada affected over 55 million people 14 days fully restored. And southern canada suffered the worst power blackout in history.
Eastern daylight time a high voltage power line in northern ohio brushed against some overgrown trees and shut downa fault as its known in the power. More than 50 million people in ontario and the northeastern united states experienced the largest power outage in the history of north america on august 14 2003. Et 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes. Most places restored power by midnight within 7 hours some as early as 6 pm.
Great northeast power blackout of 2003 on august 14 2003 parts of the northeastern united states and southeastern canada experienced widespread power blackouts. On august 14 within 2 hours. To be included the power outage must conform to all of the following criteria. August 14 and 15 2003 the northeastern us.
A major outage knocked out power across the eastern united states and parts of canada on august 14 2003. On august 14 2003 shortly after 2 pm. Approximately 50 million customers were impacted and the economic costs will be staggering.