The nation’s electrical system has undergone some revamping--maybe still not enough--since tens of millions in the Northeast experienced a prolonged outage 10 years ago.
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Biello, D. Is the US grid better prepared to prevent a repeat of the 2003 blackout?. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.13559
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