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13 Years After Northeast Blackout, U.S. Power Grid Remains Vulnerable

In the News
The Wall Street Journal
Karen Weigert

The vulnerability of the U.S. electrical grid was illustrated in 2003, when the largest blackout in US history left 50 million people in darkness.

Cars try to navigate through New York City as the sun sets during a blackout on Aug. 14, 2003. Tech and Science