Grid remains vulnerable to magnetic disturbances

摘要

One day after the 50th anniversary of the blackout that spawned thernNorth American Electric Reliability Corporation, state regulators wererntold that a similar event could result from natural or manmadernmagnetic pulses, with devastating consequences.rnDuring Tuesday's panel discussion at the National Association ofrnRegulatory Utility Commissioners annual meeting in Austin, Texas,rnCarolene Mays, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission member,rndescribed geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses,rneither of which can cause a blackout over a wide area, such as affectedrnparts of Canada, New England and the Mid-Atlantic states onrnNovember 9, 1965.