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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/09/smart.grid/index.html?hpt=C1
U.S. electricity blackouts skyrocketing
By Thom Patterson, CNN
August 9, 2010 7:36 a.m. EDT
(CNN) -- New York's Staten Island was broiling under a life-threatening heat wave and borough President James Molinaro was seriously concerned about the area's Little League baseball players.
It was last July's Eastern heat wave and Consolidated Edison was responding to scattered power outages as electricity usage neared record highs...
...Throughout New York City, about 52,000 of ConEd's 3.2 million customers lost power during the heat wave. Triple-digit temperatures forced residents like 77 year-old Rui Zhi Chen, to seek shelter at one of the city's 400 emergency cooling centers. "It felt like an oven in my home and on the street," Chen said.
Should Americans view these kinds of scenarios as extraordinary circumstances -- or a warning sign of a darker future?...
U.S. electricity blackouts skyrocketing
By Thom Patterson, CNN
August 9, 2010 7:36 a.m. EDT
(CNN) -- New York's Staten Island was broiling under a life-threatening heat wave and borough President James Molinaro was seriously concerned about the area's Little League baseball players.
It was last July's Eastern heat wave and Consolidated Edison was responding to scattered power outages as electricity usage neared record highs...
...Throughout New York City, about 52,000 of ConEd's 3.2 million customers lost power during the heat wave. Triple-digit temperatures forced residents like 77 year-old Rui Zhi Chen, to seek shelter at one of the city's 400 emergency cooling centers. "It felt like an oven in my home and on the street," Chen said.
Should Americans view these kinds of scenarios as extraordinary circumstances -- or a warning sign of a darker future?...