Advertisement
Canada markets open in 2 hours 53 minutes
  • S&P/TSX

    21,873.72
    -138.00 (-0.63%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,071.63
    +1.08 (+0.02%)
     
  • DOW

    38,460.92
    -42.77 (-0.11%)
     
  • CAD/USD

    0.7312
    +0.0014 (+0.19%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    82.84
    +0.03 (+0.04%)
     
  • Bitcoin CAD

    86,846.89
    -4,016.19 (-4.42%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,352.14
    -30.44 (-2.20%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,338.40
    0.00 (0.00%)
     
  • RUSSELL 2000

    1,995.43
    -7.22 (-0.36%)
     
  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.6520
    +0.0540 (+1.17%)
     
  • NASDAQ futures

    17,512.50
    -152.00 (-0.86%)
     
  • VOLATILITY

    16.16
    +0.19 (+1.19%)
     
  • FTSE

    8,088.05
    +47.67 (+0.59%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    37,628.48
    -831.60 (-2.16%)
     
  • CAD/EUR

    0.6814
    -0.0005 (-0.07%)
     

10 years after blackout, US grid faces new threats

10 years after blackout, US grid faces new threats
A Con Edison crew works on restoring power in Manhattan, Friday, August 15, 2003 after a massive power blackout in the Northeastern US. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by shifts in where and how power is produced. The following is a slide presentation for the 10-year anniversary of a massive power failure caused the largest power outage in the nation's history, affecting 50 million people in parts of seven states and Canada. (AP)