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United States Power Grid

Posted by Dan Wilson on August 28, 2007

The Power Systems Engineering Research Center maintains a web page titled “Resources for Understanding Electric Power Reliability.” It’s a great site for obtaining extensive information on blackouts and other studies. Below is a map of the power grid in the United States. To its right is a satellite image of the blackout that occurred in the Northeast on August 14, 2003.

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