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Re: power-grid physics



Aug 20, 2003,John S. Denker wrote (in part):

. . . If there had been good blackstart capability, I
imagine that at least half the customers (including
all the essential services) would have had their
power restored in less than an hour, whereas in
the event many of them had to wait 27 hours as
the restart percolated west to east and north to
south. . . .

Thanks for your observations, JohnD. I was also
intrigued by the fact that restoring power took so
long.