electric power occurred in the northestern U.S. and Canada. No cause

was determined at the time of the incident, but the outages did not

appear to be the result of a terrorist attack. Although the event was

felt throughout the entire eastern interconnection, the south and

As of August 15, 2003 the center of this historic power failure

appears to began in the state of Michigan, near the city of Lansing

when a 345 kilovolt line tripped with no cause reported, soon

thereafter cascading throughout the Greatlakes; Ohio, New York

City, Ontario, Quebec, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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