Stadtgespräch und interessante Rechtsfrage zugleich
am 25.07.2006 von http://www.jurabilis.de
It was around 9 p.m. a week ago, on July 18. For nearly 24 hours, Consolidated Edison had been fighting to keep the power on in Queens. Six of the 22 feeder cables that distribute electricity to a half-million people in the western portion of the borough had failed. Then, in slightly more than a half-hour, four more feeders began to fail.
At a command center near Union Square in Manhattan, top managers at the utility had to choose: keep the power running and take the risk of causing more damage to the system, or shut down the network serving western and northern Queens, guaranteeing a wide blackout but one that could likely be resolved quickly.
We were right there on the edge, thinking about whether to do this, said John F. Miksad, senior vice president for electric operations at Con Edison. When the load eased slightly, he said, the worst seemed to have passed. We made the decision to hold on, realizing the impact of shutting it down.
So they …
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