71. Powerful solar storms can fry satellites, disrupt power grids and snarl long-distance communications. 72. Putting a backup data center or trading floor in New Jersey, which has the advantage of being on a different power grid than Manhattan, is not foolproof. 73. Regarding Enron, Kneedler said that the FERC order provided only for equal access to state power grids. 74. Portable generators will keep some electricity on even if the power grid is off. 75. Public ownership of the power grid would do little if anything to reduce electricity costs. 76. PUC spokesman Terry Hadley said some of the slamming complaints may have been prompted by computer glitches at the power grid. 77. Risk assessment software involves inserting scenarios of everything that can go awry on the power grid into a computer, rather like putting the predictions inside the Eight Ball. 78. Satellites, cell phones, pagers and continent-spanning power grids can be harmed by the intense energy spawned by these storms. 79. Sam Jones, chief operating officer for the power grid, said the organization has experienced problems when customers change addresses and need power turned on or shut off. 80. Solar power interests Indonesia, a country of islands with little in the way of a power grid. |
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