Western Interconnection blackout of 1996

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf power outage
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Western_Interconnection
gptkbp:affectedPopulation 7.5 million
gptkbp:cause cascade failure
transmission line failure
gptkbp:consequence widespread power outage
review of grid reliability standards
gptkbp:date July 2, 1996
August 10, 1996
gptkbp:duration several hours
gptkbp:followedBy improvements in grid management
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Interconnection blackout of 1996
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Western_United_States
gptkbp:notableFor largest blackout in Western US history at the time
gptkbp:precededBy smaller outages in the region
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:North_American_Electric_Reliability_Corporation
gptkb:Western_Systems_Coordinating_Council
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_transmission_grid
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7