Several Problems Found Leading Up to Outage
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From Times Wire Reports
The nation’s worst blackout may have resulted from a combination of power plant shutdowns, line failures and voltage problems that were building for several hours before the final crash, according to a sequence outlined by a U.S.-Canadian task force.
The panel’s initial findings do not provide a precise cause for the Aug. 14 blackout or say why it was allowed to cascade over such a wide area in two nations.
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