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Every Blackout has Impacts
●November 9, 1965 – NY Blackout
§30,000,000 people and over 20,000 MW of demand – up to 13 hours
●July 13, 1977 - New York
City
§9,000,000 people and 6,000 MW of demand – up to 26 hours
●July 2, 1996 – Western US
§2,000,000 customers (10 % of the Western Interconnection) and 11,850 MW of demand for up to several hours
●August 10, 1996 – Western US
§7,500,000 customers; 28,000 MW of demand for up to 9 hours