Hurricane Irma
caused widespread outages after it made landfall in Monroe and Collier counties and swept north through the state.
Despite the recent retirement of «blackstart» units, grid operators have sufficient resources to quickly restore systems in the event
of widespread outages, suggests a new report by staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
«Order - of - magnitude calculations suggest that implementing a low - amperage backup service appears to be more cost effective than having each homeowner buy a portable generator and storing diesel or gasoline for fueling, especially if a region is expected to suffer more frequent and
longer widespread outages,» says Sunhee Baik, lead author and doctoral student in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
The blockchain startup Bancor said in a statement
Monday widespread outages were caused by «overwhelming demand and traffic, and massive malicious attacks.»
Even though Coinbase has operations in 32 countries, the unprecedented rush of activity caused
widespread outages across the exchange platform on Thursday.
Google on Monday said that it has addressed a
relatively widespread outage of its Google Home units that weren't responding to voice requests.
After pledging increased customer support and technical improvements
following widespread outages and other problems earlier this year, this week's Bitcoin price volatility caused yet another breakdown, leaving customers stranded.
These microgrids can separate or «island» off of the main utility grid to continue providing service when during times
of widespread outages.
After sweltering for more than a week without power, a group of sweaty Miami - area residents sued FPL last year over
the widespread outages after the storm.
Some 136,500 customers in Westchester County were still in the dark as of Sunday afternoon, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency and sent the National Guard to help deal with
the widespread outages.
Cuomo and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello are calling for a new, modern electrical system for Puerto Rico following devastation and
widespread outages caused by Hurricane Maria.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello are calling for a new, modern electrical system for Puerto Rico following devastation and
widespread outages caused by Hurricane Maria.
Some 136,500 customers in Westchester County were still in the dark the next day when Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency and sent the National Guard to help deal with
the widespread outages.
Apple suffered
a widespread outage to its app and music download services, costing the company $ 2 million per hour.
This picture has a dark side, though, as many Alexa - powered device owners recently found when Amazon Web Services» U.S. East region experienced
a widespread outage that knocked out service to their gizmos.
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