It took about seven hours for the system to fully recover. [95], On December 26, power was lost for about 12 hours on the entire island of Oahu, Hawaii, starting at about 6:45 pm, where President-elect Barack Obama and his family were vacationing. How to Report an Outage There are two ways in which members can report an outage: Login to SmartHub, follow the prompts for outage reporting, and the information will automatically be sent to the dispatch team. Power outages in firms in a typical month (number) - Country Ranking. [citation needed], On December 23, the December 2015 Ukraine power grid cyberattack left 230 thousand people without power for 1–6 hours. [119], On February 3, Cyclone Yasi hit communities in North Queensland, Australia. New York City television and FM radio stations that transmit from the Empire State Building were off the air. By 12:00 pm (PST+8) around 70 percent of its entire grid has been restored. Some areas initially had its electricity back up by midnight or later, only to have its electricity cut off again,[226] causing almost 20 hours of blackout in total. [106], On November 10–20, 10:13 pm Brasília official time,[107] the 2009 Brazil and Paraguay blackout due to the failure of transmission lines from Itaipu Dam, the world's second-largest hydroelectric dam, affecting over 80 million customers. [204] During the month of March, Venezuela was without power for at least 10 days overall. As of 12:00 noon on July 16, power had not been fully restored. On March 7, Venezuela was affected by the first in a series of concurrent, nation-wide blackouts. [189] A week later, on April 18, power was lost to all of Puerto Rico when an excavator repairing 2017 damage from Hurricane Maria hit a line connecting two major power plants. … On May 20 to August 28, a problem at a power substation caused the blackout of 2001 in Iran. On August 12, Malta suffered a nationwide power outage for almost 6 hours. [191], On July 3 from around 00:20 till around 8:00, nearly the whole of Azerbaijan, except Nakchivan (which had its own independent station) and Artsakh (which was not under Azerbaijani control), had a major power outage. [131] Power restoration was generally effective, but also affected by communication issues, with 100% power restoration occurring from 6–12 hours depending on location. Governor Tony Evers declared a statewide state of emergency, with preliminary estimates of damage and cleanup costs of $5.3 million[215] On April 2012, PG&E customers in Oakland citywide and its surrounding areas in Alameda County suffered a heat-related power outage. [43], On July 7, a powerful wind storm affected a large portion of central North America and caused power outages for about one million customers from Iowa to Ontario.[44]. [152] Later reports placed the peak number in Ontario without power at 600,000[153] The storm also caused widespread power outages in mid-Michigan. 10,000 people affected for 100 hours, or 100,000 for 10 hours would be included. [91], On April 8, from around 3:30 am, around 400,000 persons were left without power in the city of Szczecin and its surroundings (as far as 100 km away), in northwest Poland. (LA Times)(Sky News), On July 27 a crew working on the replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, U.S., severed a power cable and caused a blackout on the Outer Banks islands which affected more than 7,000 people during the peak of tourist season. [76], On August 2, nearly a quarter million customers of Hydro One lost power after severe thunderstorms that included tornadoes and damaging wind ripped through southern and eastern Ontario. On June 9, 350,000 people in Dallas County, Texas lost power after a severe thunderstorm downed hundreds of trees across the area. [114], On March 30, about 30,000 homes in Northern Ireland were hit by a power cut, caused by winter weather conditions. WCBS-AM) in the Bronx, which was not affected by the blackout. Arran was also affected from the outage. Some affected customers were still without power a week later. [240] With 1.65 million customers affected in New Jersey and 1.19 million customers affected in New York. This affected the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. [131] Over five million people were affected. The outage was determined to be the result of significant frost collection on grid equipment. It is estimated that 53 million people were affected. Some residents of Connecticut and western Massachusetts were without electricity for over 11 days.[135]. [98] As of February 15, about 12,000 were still without power from this storm.[99]. [58], On December 26–28, 1999 Cyclone Lothar and Martin left 3.4 million customers in France without electricity, and forced EdF to acquire all the available portable power generators in Europe, with some even being brought in from Canada. The power cut occurred at 4:20 pm and power was slowly restored between 5:20 and 6:30 pm. Around 11 am, approximately 90% of customers in Trinidad were back on with their electricity supply. Check current status and outage map. [222] There were still some citizens without power on Friday. [144], On March 28, 2013, a nationwide blackout occurred in Trinidad and Tobago, which was reportedly caused by low gas pressure around 12:37 am AST. Post yours and see other's reports and complaints This was due to a fault of the main cable transmission line grid near Serendah, Selangor. On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike landed in Galveston and left over 2 million customers without power in the Greater Houston area. It was a result of a transmission failure due to a lightning strike on power lines. The blackout was due to the thunderstorm. With few routes for the power to flow from the generating stations via the 440 kV system (a very important system to São Paulo state, carrying electricity generated by the Paraná river) a lot of generators automatically shut down because they did not have any load. Greg Sherman, general manager of Houlton Water Company, said the outage, which occurred around 1 p.m. was caused by several trees that downed wires in New Brunswick. Security was immediately reinforced in the city, but no rise in criminal activity was registered. [223], On August 4, more than 100 million people[224] were affected by a massive blackout that affecting most of the Java island; Banten, Jakarta, West Java, parts of Central Java, and Yogyakarta. [32], On January 8, prisoners on a work assignment burning trash and debris at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, accidentally caused a major power failure when something they were burning exploded, causing a fireball that shorted out transmission lines above them. On May 25–August 3, the 2005 Moscow power blackouts ten-week-long power outage affected more than two million people in central Russia. The shallow depth prevented the use of large construction barge cranes for rebuilding the power pylons but the water was too deep for land-based construction vehicles. [45], On July 2–3 in the United States, Canada and Mexico there were 2 million people that lost power due to a transmission line overheating in Idaho and a 230-kV line between Montana and Idaho tripping. 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