Draft:Northeast blackout of 2023
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Comment: still no references indicating there was a "Northeast blackout of 2023". Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 22:06, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment: None of the provided sources reference the subject of the article. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 21:04, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
This is the largest blackout since 2003; in the United States and Canada.
Canada[edit]
Ontario[edit]
Toronto seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 15. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_power_outages_in_Kitchener for more information about history of power outages.[1][2][3][4] Ottawa mostly seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 15.[5]
Quebec[edit]
Montreal partially seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored at 7:30 PM EDT.
United States[edit]
Ohio[edit]
In Columbus and Cincinnati, two cities seeing the blackout in both lights and power plants. Most lights and power restored in August 16, 2023, just after the 2003 blackout of Northeastern North America. See also the Ontario section.[6][7]
Michigan[edit]
Detroit partially seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 15.[8]
New York[edit]
New York City mostly seeing the blackout in August 14, four years after the Manhattan blackout of 2019. Most lights and power restored in August 21, due to heat wave.[9][10]
New England[edit]
Connecticut seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 21. Vermont seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 21. Maine seeing the blackout in August 17, but most lights and power restored in August 21. New Jersey seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 20. Rhode Island seeing the blackout in August 14, but most lights and power restored in August 18.
Territories[edit]
Puerto Rico partially seeing the blackout in August 18, but most lights and power restored in August 21.
References[edit]
- ^ "Northeast Blackout: 20 years on, what's changed, and could it happen again?". 14 August 2023.
- ^ "In the Dark: Toronto and the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 - Spacing Canada". 14 August 2023.
- ^ "How the worst blackout in North America played out in Ontario".
- ^ "Twenty years ago, Ontario went dark. Here's what happened. TVO Today".
- ^ "Memories of Ontario's Great Blackout of August 14, 2003 - Russ Baird". 18 November 2023.
- ^ "It's been 20 years since the great North America blackout left Toronto, other cities without power".
- ^ "20 years later: Do you remember the great blackout of 2003?". 14 August 2023.
- ^ "20 years ago: Northeast blackout leaves 50 million people in the dark - CBS News". CBS News. 14 August 2023.
- ^ "20 years since the 2003 blackout".
- ^ "NY Energy Policy: Blackout Danger Returns 20 Years Later - Empire Center". 14 August 2023.