northeast power outage

[ronnie gauthier]

Detriot did it!

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:25:33 -0500 - Jack Berger <jberger at midwestiso.org> wrote
the following
Re: northeast power outage

>Tom Marinis <tmarinis99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Beside, nothing more will happen today, since the NORTHEAST
>> power outage occured around 2:00pm PST, 5:00pm EST.
>>
>> [ Probably a power generator being controlled by
>>   POWER MANAGER, and that computer suffered a
>>   MS windows BSOD fault                         ]
>
>Well, could be, but...
>
>Ted Kopel interviewed FORMER fed cyber security czar Richard Clark.
>What a self serving piece of work this guy is, insinuating that this
>is the work of terrorist hackers, since the electrical system was
>designed to contain this type of outage to a small area. (Yeah under
>the load conditions of 20-30 years ago!) Sensationalism at its best.
>
>The truth is that everyone wants/loves/needs electricity, but no one
>wants to pay for it in terms of building the necessary infrastructure
>to support it (NIMBY). Large portions of the existing electrical grid
>are operating at or near the operating limits and stability margins
>they were designed for. The dynamics of the inter-connected power
>grids is very complex. In some areas it doesn't take much to cause an
>outage or disturbance, which depending on the magnitude, and where it
>occurs, can cascade to neighboring locations. Most of the grid can
>handle a voltage sag. The problem is when some segments of the grid
>trip off-line they cause phase shifts on the system, which are harder
>to deal with.
>
>Maybe this is the wake up call that we need to upgrade the existing
>system to (at least) current demand.
>
>-jhb-
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