India Blackout Underscores Grid Vulnerabilities, Regulators Say
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Blackouts that left half of India’s population without electricity show power networks are vulnerable, New Zealand and U.S. regulators said.
A series of failures and excessive demand on the national grid knocked out power for 640 million people in northern and central India on July 31, a day after a separate blackout left 360 million in seven states without lights. A three-member committee appointed by India’s government is investigating.