- with this ONE caveat; that #1 works, and it didn't back on August 14th (FirstEnergy's control facility was 'hosed up' for some reason that day and the operators NEVER made any of the required 'right moves' - like load shedding GIVEN the generation available and the lines they had to work with. It also didn't help that deferred 'right of way' tree-trimming came back to haunt them that day and took important lines out of service) ...Actually, #1 and to a lessor extent, #2 both failed, but #2 was a direct result of #1.
Actually, #1 and to a lessor extent, #2 both failed, but #2 was a direct result of #1. What I was addressing was the general and desired case and certainly not what happened with First Energy!
The case you describe and I have described before (and fits the FE failure scenario) also fits a few scenarios which have occurred in the past - like the New York City Blackout in 1977.