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Too Early to Blame Blackout on Aging Infrastructure, Expert Says.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, August, 2003
Byline: Ohio State University
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- While some analysts are already blaming an outdated energy infrastructure for causing Thursday's massive blackout in the Northeast, an Ohio State University expert said it is too early to blame the power failure on an aging electrical grid.
"More and better infrastructure might be necessary, but it is not an absolute solution to preventing future blackouts," said Robert Burns, senior research specialist at Ohio State's National Regulatory Research Institute and an expert on the electric industry.
Burns disagrees with those who say the entire power grid needs to be replaced.
"While there definitely are some switches that aren't automated enough, and...
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