The northeast blackout struck 15 years ago today extremetech. Photo of a toronto street corner during the 2003 blackout by john r. The cascading event, which started shortly after 4. Blaster worm linked to severity of blackout computerworld. The blackout winds up lasting for days weeks in some areas. Nba legend reveals truth about lebron james, jayz, yao.
Apr 01, 2003 another pdf file to the final analysis of the 2003 power blackour in the ne united states. In terms of both economic and societal impact, very little beats a prolonged and widespread power outage. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Hi tishchenko and jeeves1275, thanks for the sharing and comments.
The blackout was, in fact, triggered on a hot day by an untrimmed tree in ohio and was aided by a hung alarm system. The task force responsible for investigating the cause of the aug. During the northeast blackout of 2003, a software bug in a single power plant led to a. The 2003 northeast blackoutfive years later scientific american. Although these stories are more extreme than most software bugs engineers will encounter during their careers, they are worth studying for the.
Remembering the 2003 northeast blackout photos wsj. As you mentioned, this is only seen in web dashboard and works perfectly fine in the desktop dashboard and even in our new beta app. Northeast blackout of 1965 or north america blackout of 1965. New york subways resumed limited services around 8 p. Jan 23, 2017 yes, this is a bug in web dashboard with filtered hosted views. How and why the blackout began in ohio summary this chapter explains the major eventselectrical, computer, and humanthat occurred as the blackout evolved on august 14, 2003, and identifies the. A case study of the 2003 north american power outage key questions what were the main vulnerabilities and threats related to the electricity subsector of the energy sector at the time of the blackout.
Its been 15 years since the 2003 blackout that left metro. The massive power outage left a swath 6,000 kilometers 3,700 miles longincluding portions of michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, connecticut, vermont, and canadain the dark. Software engineering, disaster management, and observability. Dmsp imagery of the great northeast power blackout of 2003. However, a nerc report dated june 20, 2003, shows that the slammer worm had a significant impact on some utilities. The report makes clear that this blackout could have been prevented and that immediate actions must be taken in both the united states and canada to ensure that our electric system is more reliable. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Dashboard gauge render bug microsoft power bi community. One of them was buried in a massive piece of software compiled from four million lines of c code and running on an energy management computer. Fifteen years ago, a software bug resulted in over 50 million people losing power, crippling the northeast power grid. In the industrialized economies of north america and europe, we more often lose power due to a subtle and difficult challenge. Aug, 2008 the 2003 northeast blackout five years later.
Growing up in michigan, i practiced tornado drills with my classmates and learned to anticipate blizzards. List of known issuesbugs microsoft power bi community. App center bug tracker documentation visual studio app. Northeast blackout caused by a software bug techdirt. May 04, 2020 the northeast blackout of 2003 began at 4.
Northeast blackout of 2003 the northeast blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and ontario, canada on thursday, august 14, 2003, at approximately 4. The august 14 blackout compared with previous major. Bucciero said the software bug surfaced because of the number of unusual events occurring simultaneously by that time, three firstenergy power lines had already shortcircuited. The 2003 blackout tested emergency procedures and training for the entire industry. In addition, based on my test result, the issue could be resolved if we resize the gauge visual, also refreshing webpage would work to make the number to display from my side. The ge system at firstenergy was a 1996 model, dinicola said. The company points out, quite rightly but also narrowly, that it is too soon to tell whether its tripped power plant and lines were the cause or effects of the northeast blackout. Many believed that such a blackout would not occur again after the northeast blackout of 1965. I found that when you did that, it respected the filter. Using similar arguments for the remaining period of the blackout, we assume more than,000 mw of customer load was lost for another 14 hours after which 6,600 mw was the shortfall for another 10 hours.
Smart buildings, transport, and grids ap csp article khan. Feb 22, 2008 you might find these news article interesting at 4. So familiar are these structures, inventions, and services that they are all but invisible. Well, some us might remember the northeast blackout of 1965 that. A previouslyunknown software flaw in a widelydeployed general electric energy management system contributed to the devastating scope of the august 14th northeastern u. Only one of these outages, july 2012 in india, was due to more electricity demand than could be supplied by existing resources.
Chinese hackers may have been responsible for the recent power outage in florida, and the widespread blackout that struck the northeastern u. A number of factors and failings came together to make the august 14th northeastern blackout the worst outage in north american history. Operations dashboard bug geonet, the esri community gis. The blackouts proximate cause was a software bug in the alarm system at the control room of firstenergy, an akron, ohio.
Tracking the blackout bug kevin poulsen, securityfocus 20040407. Operations dashboard bug geonet, the esri community. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states, the cause of the blackout stemmed from a software bug in the alarm system at the control room of firstenergy, an akron, ohiobased company. First impact turned into cascading failure and more than 508 generating units at 265 power plants shut down during the outage, an approximate. You are using an adblocking software that is preventing you from accessing this content. By derick lila on october 5, 2016 comments off on grid failure. Second, the failure of rupture disks at four of the detroit edison. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states, and the canadian province of ontario on august 14, 2003, beginning just after 4. As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you are putting centuries of scientific and mechanical ingenuity to use. The blackouts proximate cause was a software bug in the alarm system at the control room of firstenergy, an akron, ohiobased. What will be key challenges for the resilience of the electricity subsector in the future. Statesohio, michigan, pennsylvania, new york, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, new jerseyand the province of ontario, canada, leaving up to 50 million people with no electricity. Part one of a twopart series on the northeast blackout of 2003. Tougher regulatory measures are in place, but were still a long way from a smart power grid.
Software failure cited in august blackout investigation computerworld. The august 14 blackout compared with previous major north. The august 2003 northeast blackout resulted from a combination of key monitoring systems offline, generators not responding as anticipated or requested, and then an overloaded line sagging from excess heat and shortcircuiting to a tree. The blackouts primary cause was a software bug in the alarm system at a control room of the firstenergy. Obvious to the experts, this blackout could have been prevented if the grid reliability rules, including. Northeast blackout caused by a software bug misuses of technology. The department of energy and natural resources canada jointly commissioned a task force that. You might find these news article interesting at 4. The economist, bring me your powerless masses august 27, 2003.
Energy pulse, a forum for experts, professionals, and thought leaders in the global power industry. The august 14, 2003 blackout was a wakeup call concerning. Zthe blackout affected an estimated 10 million people in ontario and 45 million people in eight u. The blackout s proximate cause was a software bug in the alarm system at the control room of firstenergy, an akron, ohiobased company, which rendered operators unaware of the need to redistribute load after overloaded transmission lines drooped into foliage. Jul 20, 2011 eight years ago a computer virus accidentally killed power to the entire northeast. In a matter of seconds, large portions of ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, massachusetts, new york, connecticut, new.
The outage was likely due to a software bug in the control room of the electric. What should have been a manageable local blackout cascaded into the collapse of the. Users can be quickly informed about critical app center events within the tools that you use regularly in your day to day flow for a seamless experience. Finally, on the third day of this blackout, 2,000 mw was the loss for 20 hours and. On august 14, 2003, more than 50 million people in the united states and.
Aug 14, 20 ten years ago today, large portions of the midwest and northeast united states and into canada went dark. Everyday engineering understanding the marvels of daily life streaming video. We investigated mortality in new york, ny, during the largest blackout in us history august 1415, 2003. Northeast blackout leaves 50m people without power, august 14, 2003. Ten years ago today, large portions of the midwest and northeast united states and into canada went dark. Excel and outlook blackout and hangs microsoft community. Restrictions on the interior temperature of public, commercial. Edt, the largest power blackout in north american history sweeps through eight u. A massive outage like argentinas could happen in the us. The 2003 northeast blackoutfive years later scientific. Everyday engineering streaming video austin public.
Final report on the august 14, 2003 blackout in the united. New york news coverage of the northeast blackout of 2003. Northeast blackout of 2003first energy outage reports. Geckil, economist aeg working paper 2003 2 introduction on thursday, august 14, 2003, an electrical disruption caused a loss of electrical service to consumers and industry acro ss the northeast. On august 14, 2003, parts of the northeastern united states and southeastern canada experienced widespread power blackouts. It is the job of the north american electric reliability corporation nerc to ensure the reliability of the north american bulk power system, a mandate given to it in 2006 as a result of the 2003 northeast blackout which affected more than 50 million people in the united.
Satellite images of the night before left and night after right the 14 august 2003 blackout. App center supports bug trackers like jira cloud, azure devops formerly visual studio team services vsts, and github. Software failure cited in august blackout investigation. For some customers, power was not restored for nearly four days. The bug in ge energys xa21 system was discovered in an intensive code audit conducted by ge and a contractor in the weeks following the. Edt most places restored power by midnight, as early as 6 p. First impact turned into cascading failure and more than 508. The relevant root cause information is included below. Software bug contributed to blackout kevin poulsen, securityfocus 20040211. Public roads learning from the 2003 blackout, september. Blackout hits northeast united states a major outage knocked out power across the eastern united states and parts of canada on august 14, 2003. The first stage was to bring generators back in service. Most places restored power by midnight, as early as 6 p.
Apr 08, 2004 software bug contributed to blackout it failures in the great us blackout sparks over us power grid cybersecurity ncsp drafts secure code guidelines cyber security alliance sets sights on. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and the canadian province of ontario on thursday. Click here for a before and after comparative overview of the greater new york city area. Data dashboards show statistics such as energy usage per room. Geckil, economist aeg working paper 20032 introduction on thursday, august 14, 2003, an electrical disruption caused a loss of electrical service to consumers and industry acro ss the northeast. A workaround would be to add the data to the webmap via the service url. Comparing the map of the outage, to that of northeast blackout of 1965, im going to suggest that the outage be renamed to northeast blackout of 2003. Northeast blackout of 2003 or north america blackout of 2003. Eastern daylight time, a highvoltage power line in northern ohio brushed against some overgrown trees and shut downa fault, as its known in. Testing the limits, testtimes, the connected car, the dashboard.
Eight years ago a computer virus accidentally killed power to the entire northeast. Feb 12, 2004 the bug in ge energys xa21 system was discovered in an intensive code audit conducted by ge and a contractor in the weeks following the blackout, according to firstenergy corp. A series of line outages in northeast ohio starting at 15. Another pdf file to the final analysis of the 2003 power blackour in the ne united states. Feb 11, 2004 northeast blackout caused by a software bug misuses of technology. Software bug contributed to blackout it failures in the great us blackout sparks over us power grid cybersecurity ncsp drafts secure code guidelines cyber security alliance sets sights on. The northeast blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern and midwestern united states and ontario, canada on thursday, august 14, 2003, at approximately 4.
App center has bug tracker integration for the crashes service. Rather than embarking on keeping a bug list up to date, or deciding which known bugs to share, if we had an indicator much like the green checkmark for answered which could be applied by a staff or admin to a post, we would know that there is some back end issue and that microsoft is already on top of it. As you mentioned, this is only seen in web dashboard and works perfectly fine in the desktop dashboard and even in our new beta app a workaround would be to add the data to the webmap via the service url. Aug 14, 2019 blackout hits northeast united states a major outage knocked out power across the eastern united states and parts of canada on august 14, 2003. Hi dave, yes, this is a bug in web dashboard with filtered hosted views.
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