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Feds blame 6 groups for 2011 blackout
"In 2012, a federal inquiry found a lack of effective contingency planning and coordination, describing the outage as largely a consequence of human failures, and not hardware."
Pilots know that almost every crash will be ruled a result of pilot error.
It's a way of making sure that pilots (a) have the authority to say fuck you I ain't gonna fly this piece of crap, and (b) say fuck you you fucking asshole I'm not going to risk my license for your fucking petit power games to any asshole bureaucrat who tries to push them around.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/04/violations-southwest-power-outage/
Feds blame 6 groups for 2011 blackout
By Morgan Lee 3:06 P.M.FEB. 4, 2014
Federal energy regulators have issued notices to several organizations they say violated electric reliability standards during the September 2011 blackout that left more than 7 million residents without electricity, from San Diego County to western Arizona and Tijuana.
UPDATE ON 2011 BLACKOUT
The Office of Enforcement at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a notice for alleged violations and corresponding investigations against six utilities and grid managers in California and Arizona, a commission spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Possible outcomes of enforcement actions for reliability violations include orders to pay penalties and to take corrective action. The notices have led to at least one settlement offer.
A botched maintenance procedure at a transmission switch yard outside Yuma touched off the blackout amid a heatwave and heavy power demands on the afternoon of Sept. 8, 2011. Over an 11 minute period, the power failure cascaded to the California coast, leaving the entire San Diego Gas & Electric service area without power as night fell.
In 2012, a federal inquiry found a lack of effective contingency planning and coordination, describing the outage as largely a consequence of human failures, and not hardware. As the power failure had spread, various grid operators were left unaware of many rapid-fire events outside their territories.
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Feds blame 6 groups for 2011 blackout
By Morgan Lee 3:06 P.M.FEB. 4, 2014
Federal energy regulators have issued notices to several organizations they say violated electric reliability standards during the September 2011 blackout that left more than 7 million residents without electricity, from San Diego County to western Arizona and Tijuana.
UPDATE ON 2011 BLACKOUT
The Office of Enforcement at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a notice for alleged violations and corresponding investigations against six utilities and grid managers in California and Arizona, a commission spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Possible outcomes of enforcement actions for reliability violations include orders to pay penalties and to take corrective action. The notices have led to at least one settlement offer.
A botched maintenance procedure at a transmission switch yard outside Yuma touched off the blackout amid a heatwave and heavy power demands on the afternoon of Sept. 8, 2011. Over an 11 minute period, the power failure cascaded to the California coast, leaving the entire San Diego Gas & Electric service area without power as night fell.
In 2012, a federal inquiry found a lack of effective contingency planning and coordination, describing the outage as largely a consequence of human failures, and not hardware. As the power failure had spread, various grid operators were left unaware of many rapid-fire events outside their territories.
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