Friday, August 05, 2005

Ontario Brownout

The Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) was forced to decrease the voltage supplied to users by 5 percent yesterday, creating a rare brownout. It lasted until 8pm last night and was blamed on lack of generation. Four generating units (totaling 3,000MW) were unavailable due to repair or maintenance.

Jeez! I hope people aren't planning maintenance shutdowns for the first week in August. If so, they should fire someone.

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