Sentences with phrase «shut down power lines»

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Con Edison's president said that the company is not on the hook financially for a power failure that shut down a Metro - North commuter rail line for 12 days.

On Sept. 9, 2011, high temperatures tripped a transmission line near Yuma, Ariz., sparking a chain of events that shut down the San Onofre nuclear power plant, caused the release of untreated sewage and required San Diego residents to boil their drinking water.

But shortly after 2:00 P.M. several power lines in northern Ohio, sagging under the high current they were carrying, brushed against some overgrown trees and shut down.

If Cuomo prevails in his efforts to shut down the Indian Point nuclear reactors, this may assuage foes of nuclear power, but it will amplify the pressure to build new natural gas power plants, and / or transmission lines.

A likely answer is that California is so focused and busy on environmental projects that redistribute wealth to various constituencies that they no longer are concerned about public safety (the San Bruno natural gas line explosion in San Francisco in 2010, the constant blow ups of water pipes under the streets of Los Angeles, the retrofitting of the San Onofre Nuke Plant, so that it could be a peaker plant that could ramp up and down to back up intermittent green power, failed and the plant was shut down eventually resulting in the South West Blackout in 2011).

Germany's recent decision to shut down its nuclear power — brought about by heavy political pressure from the Greens, kingmakers in German politics - was accompanied by an undertaking to replace the resulting 20 - 25 % shortfall by bringing on line massive amounts of renewable energy over the next decade.

Safety of utility repair personnel during a power outage: In accordance with IEEE and UL, Skystream will automatically shut down in the event of a power outage, and will not energize a dead power line.