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Appendix E: Examples of Large Outages
Pages 152-154

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... Three 345 kV lines feeding central Ohio Heavy loading on 500 kV transmission lines and the westtripped due to contact with trees. Cascading failures resulted ern interconnect system was caused by good hydro condithroughout the region as lower-voltage lines attempted and tions in the northwest region and high demand in California failed to take on the redistributed load from tripped lines.
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... . Lessons Learned HURRICANE SANDY AFFECTING THE NORTHEAST NERC urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 29, 2012)
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... http://www.nerc.com/docs/ docs/blackout/NERC_Final_Blackout_Report_07_13_04.pdf. Lessons Learned NERC.
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