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Con Edison Relay Protection System Caused NYC Blackout

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July 15, 2019 8:42 pm

Con Edison Relay Protection System Caused NYC Blackout

It was supposed to safeguard against widepsread power outages in the city, but instead that measure failed and led to 73,000 customers without power in Manhattan. Now some are asking, what’s to prevent it from happening again? NBC 4 New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

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