NewsWhore
09-25-2009, 03:10 PM
The Superintendent of Electricity has released the official report on the national blackout that occurred on 2 September. According to the report, the mistaken opening of a switch at the substation that feeds into the main station of AES Andres was the root cause. The report did not mention sabotage or any suspicious goings-on beyond the "mistake."
AES Andres was supplying 285 megawatts when it suddenly went off-line, automatically disconnecting units such as San Pedro de Macoris (formerly Cogentrix) with 70 megawatts, San Felipe in Puerto Plata (formerly Smith-Enron) with 173 megawatts, Falconbridge with 60 megawatts and Jiguey with 46 megawatts. The imbalance threw the entire system out of kilter and shut off the other generators, collapsing the entire National Grid (SENI).
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AES Andres was supplying 285 megawatts when it suddenly went off-line, automatically disconnecting units such as San Pedro de Macoris (formerly Cogentrix) with 70 megawatts, San Felipe in Puerto Plata (formerly Smith-Enron) with 173 megawatts, Falconbridge with 60 megawatts and Jiguey with 46 megawatts. The imbalance threw the entire system out of kilter and shut off the other generators, collapsing the entire National Grid (SENI).
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)