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Mismanagement caused Turkey's power outage; grid head has quit - minister
Reuters ^ | Apr 6, 2015 | Reuters

Posted on 04/06/2015 9:25:01 AM PDT by thackney

A power outage last week that affected more than 70 million people in Turkey was likely caused by mismanagement, and the head of the electricity distribution company (TEIAS) has resigned, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Monday.

The shutdown of two plants in Izmir and Adana Cukurova led to an outage...

(Excerpt) Read more at af.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electricity; energy; turkey

1 posted on 04/06/2015 9:25:01 AM PDT by thackney
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More info at:

http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2015/04/06/turkeys-power-outage-linked-to-mismanagement-grid-director-resigns


2 posted on 04/06/2015 9:29:16 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Could NEVER happen here!

Mis-management at high governmental levels just DON’T happen in the good ol’ US of A!!


3 posted on 04/06/2015 9:33:11 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: thackney

In Turkey, the term “heads will roll” could be taken literally.


4 posted on 04/06/2015 9:40:31 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: thackney

“I wonder what would happen if I pressed this red button”...


5 posted on 04/06/2015 9:40:45 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: thackney

Grid Head sounds like the perfect name for the next Batman villain.


6 posted on 04/06/2015 10:21:22 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: thackney

He’d better take The Midnight Express.


7 posted on 04/06/2015 10:22:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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