'Blackouts cannot happen. They cannot happen in the city of New York and they can't happen for no reason.' New York facing 'Russian roulette' with future power outages, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says.
New York City is facing"Russian roulette" with future power outages, the governor warned Monday in the wake of this weekend's massive blackout that left a swath of Manhattan in the dark.
While officials said no injuries or hospitalizations were reported, Cuomo called the blackout"a serious public safety risk."A 13,000 volt distribution cable that failed at West 64th Street and West End Avenue was the first domino to fall in a chain of events that led to Saturday nights blackout, Con Ed is saying — after two days of downplaying its role in the outage
The failure spread the problem to the 49th street substation, where the relays operated as designed and stopped the outage from growing further "The relay protection system at our West 65th Street substation did not operate as designed," the company said. "We initially believed the 13,000-volt cable fault was unrelated to the transmission disturbance," ConEd said."While the cable fault was an initiating event, the customer outages were the result of the failure of the protective relay systems."
"We need performance, we pay ConEd," Cuomo told WNYC."When people get their bills, they can't say to be patient. This is a vital service they're providing. That's why they're regulated. That's why it's a public utility. If they do not perform, they can be replaced."
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