[Dirk McQuickly]

Still hearnig about smoke coming from Con Ed bulding in NY -- anybody who can verify? This is second-hand from a customer...

[ravingnutter]

Still hearnig about smoke coming from Con Ed bulding in NY

Yup...just heard about it on KTSA in San Antonio, saying that may be what is causing the problem.

[July 4th]

CNN just stated ConEd in New York is on fire.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

SpaceWeather.com reported heavy sunspot activity recently. Solar Flare?

[meyer]

Still hearnig about smoke coming from Con Ed bulding in NY -- anybody who can verify? This is second-hand from a customer...

Not a word about that, but probably not the cause unless Con-ED's control center is ablaze. No single plant outage should do this unless things were at emergency level already. They weren't too bad in Tennessee today, though the load was pretty high when I left the office. We weren't going to set any peak demands today, but up north, it could be different - they may have had some problems that I'm not aware of. Its hard to see what's going on in other areas sometimes.