Let the Lawyering Begin
The blame for last week’s power outage in the northeast appears to be falling at the feet of First Energy Corporation. In a sign of things to come, here is First Energy’s attempt to point the finger at someone else:
Contrary to misinterpretations that identified FirstEnergy as the cause of the widespread outage, it is clear that extensive data needs to be gathered and analyzed in order to determine with any degree of certainty the circumstances that led to the outage. What happened on Thursday afternoon is a very complex situation, far broader than the power line outages we experienced on our system.
From the preliminary data we are gathering — and based on what others are providing — it is clear that the transmission grid in the Eastern Interconnection, not just within our system, was experiencing unusual electrical conditions at various times prior to the event.
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