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PECO Blitzing Chester County with Reclosers
$2 million investment in sophisticated smart switches will reduce outages, improve electric reliability for 50,000 area customers PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the next several weeks, PECO will have dedicated crews working in Chester County to install reclosers, pole-top electronic switch devices that can reduce customer exposure...
Tags: circuit-breaker, Cooper, Editor, Manufacturing, outage
Research articles 2008-10-16
Midwest ISO Chairman Paul J. Feldman to Speak at Utility Reliability Conference in Columbus, Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Midwest ISO Chairman Paul J. Feldman will headline the speakers at this October's Certification in Field Reliability Operations Conference, October 15-17 in Columbus, Ohio. The conference is designed for utility reliability managers and engineers, distribution engineers, and executives with PUC reporting responsibilities. Sessions focus on various aspects...
Tags: chairman, Columbus, conference, ISO, Manufacturing, Ohio, outage, Quality
Research articles 2008-09-24
Power outage hits Washington, White House
WASHINGTON AFP — A power outage Friday caused a blackout in parts of downtown Washington, including the White House, leaving thousands without electricity and causing major subway delays, the utility company said. The blackout area includes the White House, although an AFP correspondent said it appeared to be business...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Manufacturing, outage, spokesman, Washington, White House
Research articles 2008-06-13
Northern California Wildfire Disrupts Power to Paradise
FOLSOM, Calif. -- The Humboldt Fire - which has been burning for two days in the foothills east of Chico, CA - today caused two-115 kV transmission lines to trip out of service. Those two lines feed power into the city of Paradise and the surrounding area. The loss of...
Tags: California, ISO, Manufacturing, outage, Quality
Research articles 2008-06-12
Dedicated Federal Employees Keep Air Traffic Moving During Major Power Outage
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kori Blalock Keller of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists PASS, AFL-CIO, +1-202-293-7277 Routine Maintenance Checks Ensure Efficiency of Aviation System WASHINGTON,March 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Tuesdays power outage across South Florida did not impact air traffic in the area due to the work performed everyday by dedicated Federal Aviation...
Tags: AFL-CIO, FAA, Manufacturing, outage
Research articles 2008-03-03
Reactors still down after massive Florida power outage: officials
MIAMI AFP — Power officials continued their efforts Wednesday to revive two crippled nuclear reactors in southern Florida, one day after a massive blackout darkened millions of homes across the state. "The reactors still are not running," said Karen Visepo, spokeswoman for Florida Power and Light, the company responsible...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, blackout, Florida, Manufacturing, Miami, outage
Research articles 2008-02-27
Power restored after massive blackout darkens much of Florida
MIAMI, AFP — Relieved Floridians late Tuesday relished the simple pleasure of turning on their televisions and living room lamps, with power restored hours after a massive blackout had darkened millions of homes across the state. The monster power outage had left millions of people in southern Florida bereft...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, blackout, Florida, Manufacturing, Miami, outage
Research articles 2008-02-26
Before Winter Snow, More Flooding for the Northwest
To: STATE EDITORSContact: The American Red Cross Public Affairs Desk, +1-202-303- 5551 Red Cross assisting communities as evacuations continueWASHINGTON, Dec. 4/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--The Red Cross is responding to severe flooding in Oregon and Washington State caused by back-to-back storms on Sunday and Monday. Bringing hurricane force winds along with inches of rain,...
Tags: American Red Cross, Manufacturing, outage, Red Cross
Research articles 2007-12-04
A look back at public power.(Association News)
50 years ago--1957 Benton PUD found roosting herons were causing some power outages (Wash.) ... As of December 31, 1956, the 989 REA borrowers were operating 1,382,737 miles of line to 4,361,896 consumers ... Seattle City Light announced that their journeymen linemen will be...
Tags: bond, borrower, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Manufacturing, Oregon, outage, senator, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-12-01
30th Street outage leads to delays
A power failure late yesterday afternoon in 30th Street Station caused about 10 trains to be delayed as Amtrak workers struggled to board passengers in the dark.The longest train delay was 45 minutes, said Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Ronero, but the average was 10 or 15 minutes.The outage began at about...
Tags: Amtrak, Manufacturing, outage
Research articles 2007-10-20
Controllers race to clear skies around Memphis
Hundreds of flights were delayed or diverted Tuesday after a communications failure shut down radar, radio and telephone contact at an air-traffic center guiding flights over nine Southern states. There were no reports of near-collisions, but controllers had to clear the skies above a broad area...
Tags: carpenter, FAA, Manufacturing, MARKETING, outage, radio
Research articles 2007-09-26
Medicare answers critics.
Graham Smith Dear editor, I am writing to clarify the facts on the systems issues with PBS Online in early July, as your article ("Online outrage", PN 19 July) did not accurately reflect the situation. The system was not...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Manufacturing, Medicare, outage, PBS, pharmacist
Research articles 2007-09-18
Power outage interrupts work at Livermore Lab
LIVERMORE -- A power outage caused by a small transformer failure affected 107 buildings and trailers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Wednesday morning, prompting declaration of an "operational emergency." The failure occurred at 7:30 a.m. Backup generators immediately provided power to 22 facilities, including the plutonium facility known as...
Tags: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Manufacturing, outage
Research articles 2007-08-30
Looming drought may bring water, power outages to Philippines
MANILA AFP — A prolonged dry spell in the Philippines has raised the possibility of water shortages and power cuts in the capital and surrounding areas, officials said Thursday. President Gloria Arroyo had asked the public to save water and ordered all agencies to prepare for a drought if...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Manufacturing, outage, Philippines, president
Research articles 2007-07-26
Wildfire causes Dixie power outage
ST. GEORGE -- Thousands of residents in Utah's Dixie were without power for several sweltering hours Monday after wildfire damaged a major transmission line. "The fire caused protective devises to de-energize by 138 kilovolts in a transmission line which affected 10 substations," said Jeff Hymas, Rocky Mountain Power...
Tags: Manufacturing, outage, oxygen, Red Cross, Utah
Research articles 2007-07-17
Nine-Hour FTI Outage at Austin Tower Could Have Been Avoided
To: LABOR EDITORSContact: Kori Blalock, +1-202-293-7277, or Mike Riso +1-803-732- 9188, both of Professional Airways Systems Specialists AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week's nine- hour Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure FTI outage at the Austin Air Traffic Control Tower has the Professional Airways Systems Specialists PASS, the union that represents...
Tags: FAA, Manufacturing, outage
Research articles 2007-07-17
Capacity Limits Boost Prices, EIA Chief Caruso Says
WASHINGTON - Guy Caruso, head of the Energy Information Administration, told members of a Senate panel that constraints on global refinery capacity have pushed crude oil prices higher and mil continue to keep the prices of refined products such as gasoline and diesel fuel elevated."Commercial oil inventories have dropped sharply...
Tags: FINANCE, gasoline, Investment, Manufacturing, outage, refinery, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-06-25
SBA Disaster Loan Deadline Approaching for New York Businesses Impacted by the July 2006 Power Outage
To: CITY EDITORSContact: Kathy Cook of the U.S. Small Business Administration, +1- 404-347-3771 NEW YORK, April 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration SBA is reminding businesses in the counties of Bronx, Kings, New York, Nassau and Queens, in the State of New York that Economic Injury Disaster Loans...
Tags: Manufacturing, outage, U.S. Small Business Administration
Research articles 2007-04-03
Power outage leaves space station incommunicado: NASA
WASHINGTON AFP — A partial power outage aboard the orbiting International Space Station knocked out communications with Earth, but posed no danger to the three astronauts aboard, NASA has said. The communications glitch on Sunday was the first sign that an electrical problem had triggered a circuit-breaker protecting the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, ISS, Manufacturing, NASA, outage
Research articles 2007-02-12
International Space Station Status Report: SS07-08
To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Allard Beutel, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358- 4769, or Kyle Herring, Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-483- 5111, both of NASA HOUSTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An unexpected circuit breaker trip early Sunday caused a power outage on the International Space Station. All systems were back up by Monday morning...
Tags: circuit-breaker, Houston, Manufacturing, NASA, outage
Research articles 2007-02-12
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