Statement to the President of the United States by the Congressional Black Caucus March 25, 1971
1970; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 1; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/bf03040565
ISSN1936-4814
Resumovision stations using its tower resumed broadcasts.Shortly after the blackout began at 7 p.m., an anonymous telephone caller told the Associated Press, "We knocked out the TV in New York.Next will be City Hall."However, there was no immediate indication of sabotage.The reduction caused traffic lights on some Manhattan streets to stay either red or green.Civilians directed traffic at some Intersections, and traffic jams developed at the more heavily traveled intersections.Lights dimmed in fashionable East side apartment houses, as did street lights on the avenues below.Neon signs In the area's many discotheques and night clubs flickered, dimmed and sometimes died.The fabled "Great White Way" of Broadway in the Times Square area was partially blacked out, gaudy elaborate advertising signs dimmed and theatre marques unlit.Some elevators were out of service.A spokesman for the New York Telephone Co., said the utility was forced to switch to its own emergency power system, using batteries and a diesel generator.But the spokesman said the only basic effect of the power problem was slow dial tones.On the evening of Nov. 9, 1965, a massive failure triggered by a fouled switch threw New York City and 80,000 square miles surrounding it into darkness for 10 hours.About 30 million people in eight northeastern states and Canada were affected.President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered an investigation and the Federal Power Commission reported nearly a month later that the blackout began when a incorrectly thrown switch cut power at a relay station in Canada.When other power producers tried to make up the deficiency, they became overloaded.[From the Washington Post, Feb. 23, 1971] SUMMER ELECTRITY CUTS SEEN Another summer of electrical power cutbacks may be in store for residents of the Washington Metropolitan area and other parts of the country, according to a pessimistic Federal Power Commission staff report released yesterday.Some areas of the country may experience "tight power supply problems" during the coming summer as a result of inadequate installed capacity to meet forecasted summer peak loads, the staff analysis concluded."The shortage of capacity is due primarily to delays being experienced in placing new generating facilities in service, the FPC staff said.Their analysis was based on reports filed with the FPC by the nation's major electric utility systems and pools on generating capacity to be in service by May 31.Although, the amount of spare generating capacity a system should have in reserve to be used in emergencies varies from system to system, the FPC staff analysis considered a reserve capacity of 20 per cent of expected peak load demands necessary.Only the West, with a reserve capacity of 21.6 per cent, met the FPC staff test.The power grid which includes the Washington area-the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection-rated a reserve capacity of 15.4 per cent.Other regions and their reserve capacities are: Percent
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