Seattle, September 17, 2003
The following is a quick rundown on stats from the 2003 Northeast Blackout:
- 9 seconds - time it took for the grid to collapse
- 50 million - number of people affected
- 600,000 miles - length of high-voltage lines in North America
- 37 - number of major points where electricity sectors link in North America
- 10,000 - number of power plants in North America
- 100 - number shut down
- 22 - number of nuclear plants shut down
- 50-60 years - average age of the North American power grid
- #1 - rank, in terms of size. Second largest: the 1965 Northeast Blackout
- 5,000 megawatts - size of power swing and mismatch between energy supply and demand at the time of the collapse
- 800 megawatts - size of power swing of the 1965 Northeast Blackout
- 30% - percentage increase in demand for power in the U.S. over the last decade
- 15% - percentage increase in capacity in the U.S.
- $100 Billion - estimated cost of modernizing the North American power grid
- Over 200 - number of industries required to temporarily shutdown
- 4-6 hours - length of time a refrigerator without power can keep food cool
- 2 hours - length of time after which unrefrigerated, perishable foods should be thrown out
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