Article: Regulators Fault Con Ed Over Queens Blackout - New York Times

In a devastating condemnation of Consolidated Edison, state regulators have concluded that a failure to adequately maintain, operate and oversee its electrical network was the overriding cause of the nine-day blackout that paralyzed western Queens last July. The regulators estimated that 174,000 people lost power in the blackout70,000 more than was previously known. For the first three days of the blackout, Con Edison had insisted that no more than 8,000 people were affected.In a 185-page draft report posted on its Web site last night, the staff of the New York State Public Service Commission concluded that the company had failed to fulfill its responsibilities under state law and ...

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