The outage occurred after the market had closed and, for kingdon at least, only lasted about 12. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and ontario, canada on thursday, august 14, 2003, just before 4. Its been 15 years since the 2003 blackout that left metro detroit in the dark. Just as in air traffic control in the early 1960s, the time for ad hoc fixes and. The northeast blackout of 2003 in august 2003, a massive power outage occurred in. Ten years ago today, large portions of the midwest and northeast united states and into canada went dark. In view of operations closer to stability limits, the use of ict is. This article claims that the chinese peoples liberation army was behind, among other things, the august 2003 blackout computer hackers in china, including those working on behalf of the chinese government and military, have penetrated deeply into the information systems of u. Chinese hackers may have been responsible for the recent power outage in florida, and the widespread blackout that struck the northeastern u.
Created by laura cronin, conor mccarter, and stephanie tilden. Ultimately, however, the issues raised by the blackout go far beyond that, which may be why doe took charge of the inquriy on 20 august. The report makes clear that this blackout could have been prevented and that immediate actions must be taken in both the united states and canada to ensure that our electric system is more reliable. Many others did not get their power back until two days later. Blackout broadcasting, a regulatory ban on the broadcasting of an event blackout fabric, a textile material that blocks light blackout wartime, the practice of minimizing outdoor lighting for protection from attack communications blackout, a halt to communication abilities or utilization. It turned out to be a race condition with an opportunity window measured. How and why the blackout began in ohio summary this chapter explains the major eventselectrical, computer, and humanthat occurred as the blackout evolved on august 14, 2003, and identifies the. Finally, on the third day of this blackout, 2,000 mw was the loss for 20 hours and. Power outage, an intentional or unintentional loss of electric power. Mayor michael bloomberg advised residents to open their windows, drink.
The relevant root cause information is included below. Random screen blackouts since windows 10 update possible. The cascading blackout in 2003 was one of the largest power blackouts in north america 2 making it ripe for research and lessons learned. After recent windows 10 updates, my laptop begins to black out for about 2 seconds then brings itself back. Software failure cited in august blackout investigation computerworld. What will be key challenges for the resilience of the electricity subsector in the future. Normally, the problem would have tripped an alarm in the control room of firstenergy corporation, an ohiobased utility company, but the alarm. As a matter of fact, programming bugs can irritate, however, the defective programming can likewise be costly, humiliating, ruinous and savage. Nerc august 14, 2003 blackout technical presentation.
The map shows an entire state or province as red, when in some cases only a small portion e. Cause, software bug in the alarm system in the control room of firstenergy. In the great northeast blackout of 1965, the largest in u. Only one of these outages, july 2012 in india, was due to more electricity demand than could be supplied by existing resources. A major outage knocked out power across the eastern united states and parts of canada on august 14, 2003. Impact of northeast blackout continues to emerge by jeremy johnson and alex lefebvre 20 august 2003 the blackout that began last thursday, cutting. By thinkreliability staff on august 14, 2003, over 50 million people in the u. It became clear in the 1965 northeast blackout, when a failure in ontario. In more remote areas it took nearly a week to restore power. Nothing else crashes or stops working, its just the screen blacking out. For some customers, power was not restored for nearly four days. The northeast blackout of 2003 wikipedia august 14, 2003 the northeast blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and ontario, canada on thursday, august.
Great northeast power blackout of 2003 satellite imagery. Software bug contributed to blackout kevin poulsen, securityfocus 20040211. Compatibility issue of national geographic microsoft. However, as it turned out, the cause of the great 2003 northeast blackout was anything but. Canada power outage task force september 12, 2003 this is an outline of significant physical and electrical events that occurred in a narrow window of time, before and during the cascade that led to the blackout of august 14, 2003.
Use the following link and check the application compatibility details to run on windows 8. Part one of a twopart series on the northeast blackout of 2003. The glitch kept firstenergys control room operators in the dark while three. This greatly exaggerates the actual area of the blackout. Taking after are 6 famous software disasters in as beneath. Random screen blackouts since windows 10 update possible driver updates. For more public eye satellite imagery, see the picture of the week gallery of satellite and other imagery of places in the news. Final report on the august 14, 2003 blackout in the united. Using similar arguments for the remaining period of the blackout, we assume more than,000 mw of customer load was lost for another 14 hours after which 6,600 mw was the shortfall for another 10 hours. The day after the august 14, 2003, blackout, president george w. An analysis of the causes and consequences of the northeast blackout of 2003. We investigated mortality in new york, ny, during the largest blackout in us history august 1415, 2003.
Et, 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes. The problems appeared when people tried to start up their devices. Article the software bug for the freeze was later isolated. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the. Afternoon psc issues a press release urging michigan citizens to take all. Ten years after the 2003 northeast blackout, much has changed tuesday, august, 20 at 8. How a smarter grid could have prevented the 2003 u. The xa 21 isnt based on windows, so it couldnt have been infected by. Initial blackout timeline 1 august 14, 2003 outage sequence of events u. A case study of the 2003 north american power outage key questions what were the main vulnerabilities and threats related to the electricity subsector of the energy sector at the time of the blackout. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and the canadian province of ontario on thursday, august 14, 2003, just before 4. Ten years after the 2003 northeast blackout, much has changed. The department of energy and natural resources canada jointly commissioned a task force that.
Another pdf file to the final analysis of the 2003 power blackour in the ne united states. One of them was buried in a massive piece of software compiled from four million lines of c code and running on an energy management computer in ohio. Nine years ago, a blackout crippled the american northeast for two days. The northeast blackout struck 15 years ago today extremetech. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that. A number of factors and failings came together to make the august 14th northeastern blackout the worst outage in north american history. Software failure cited in august blackout investigation. The cascading event, which started shortly after 4. This software bug cost power customers an estimated six billion dollars. Its cofounder, evgeny kaspersky, is one of the worlds. A previouslyunknown software flaw in a widelydeployed general electric energy management system contributed to the devastating scope of the august 14th northeastern u.
The 2003 northeast blackoutfive years later scientific. Investigators found several factorsalarm system issues, software bugs, and an overloaded ohioarea stationwere. In the industrialized economies of north america and europe, we more often lose power due to a subtle and difficult challenge. Blackout presents similar results when coupled with the emergent smart grid technology sgt. The august 14, 2003 blackout was a wakeup call concerning. More on the 2003 northeast blackout correction august 14, 20. Northeast blackout of 1965 or north america blackout of 1965. The 2003 northeast blackoutfive years later scientific american. Pataki reluctantly recalled one of the two major blackouts of the last 40 years in the northeast the 1965 power failure, which left an 80,000squaremile stretch of the united states and. Fortunately, my companys maryland offices were situated about 100 miles beyond the southernmost extent of the blackout.
Turns out after all the various speculation on reasons, the big northeast blackout from last summer was the result of a software bug that was only just discovered. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states, and the canadian province of ontario on august 14, 2003, beginning just after 4. In some respects, kingdon capital management lucked out with the northeast blackout of august 2003. Northeast blackout of 2003 or north america blackout of 2003. Geckil, economist aeg working paper 20032 introduction on thursday, august 14, 2003, an electrical disruption caused a loss of electrical service to consumers and industry acro ss the northeast. Northeast blackout of 2003first energy outage reports. Remembering the 2003 northeast blackout photos wsj. Causes of the august 14th blackout in the united states and canada, u. For more than five years, nerc has sought and failed to get. What happens when you try run to national geographic topo. Northeast blackout caused by a software bug techdirt. But it was quite alarming to watch the power outage spread across a map of the northeastern and great lakes states plus ontario in realtime, like some sort of creeping blob from a science fiction film.
The outage occurred after the market had closed and, for kingdon at least, only lasted about 12 hours. A task force looking into the cause of the massive aug. Moving forward on lessons learned from the blackout of 2003. Edt most places restored power by midnight, as early as 6 p. August 14, 2003 blackout investigation phase ii next steps. A map of the states and provinces affected by the w. The 2003 northeast blackoutfive years later tougher regulatory measures are in place, but were still a long way from a smart power grid by jr minkel on august, 2008.
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