Researchers Say Hurricane Joaquin Could Cause up to 14M People to Lose Power October 2, 2015 Hurricane Joaquin could result in power failure for as many as 14 million people, according to power outage forecasts by...
Researchers Find Smaller Power Grids Could Reduce Blackout Risk April 9, 2014 Some 90 years ago, British polymath J.B.S. Haldane proposed that for every animal there is an optimal size — one...
Missed Calls by Tennessee Firefighters Reviewed December 9, 2013 The Memphis Fire Department in Tennessee has inspected bay doors at all its stations after firefighters missed calls because they...
4 Charged With Stealing Copper From Utility Pole November 26, 2013 Police say four people have been charged with stealing copper wire from a BGE utility pole in Odenton, Md., which...
AEP Offers Reward in West Virginia Copper Theft Outage November 1, 2013 Moundsville, W.Va., police are looking for copper thieves who caused a power outage affecting about 3,000 American Electric Power customers....
New Model Promises to Quantify Losses Triggered by Power Outages August 30, 2013 By Denise Johnson Total economic losses due to power outages in the United States are estimated to be over $100 billion per year,...
Storms Knock Out Power to Thousands in Tulsa July 25, 2013 Powerful thunderstorms swept through parts of Oklahoma late Tuesday and early Wednesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of...
Kansas Copper Thieves Likely Severely Hurt April 30, 2013 Kansas utility company officials say someone who caused a power outage and more than $150,000 in wire loss and damage...
Blizzard Hammers Northeast, Nine Dead, 700,000 Lose Power February 11, 2013 By Tim McLaughlin and Edith Honan A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting...
Super Bowl Outage Traced to Faulty Device February 11, 2013 By KEVIN MCGILL The failure of a device meant to protect the power supply to the Superdome caused the Super Bowl blackout, the...