The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by shifts in where and how power is produced....
10 Years After Blackout, Us Grid Faces New Threats
By KANTELE FRANKO and JONATHAN FAHEY, Associated Press: Business
Sat, 08/10/2013 - 9:22am
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