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New York City skyline is seen at sunrise during a power outage August 15, 2003. More than 12 hours after the biggest North American power outage in history left huge swaths of the Northeast in sweltering darkness, much of New York and its suburbs were still without electricity. The subways were not running and many residents had no water because their electric pumps were not working. REUTERS/Chip East

View of a blacked out New York city skyline during a power outage. The price of reference Brent North Sea crude oil rose 35 cents per barrel to 29.22 dollars on nervousness about massive power outages in North America.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

A woman swings a light about her head to attract the attention of passing taxis in New York City. Analysts said the blackouts will deal a huge financial blow, creating havoc on airlines, thawing frozen goods and shutting out masses of workers(AFP/Mandel

Will Hay, from Manhattan, sits on pole in the middle of Times Square around 3 a.m. in the morning as a power outage shut down the Eastern Seaboard August 15, 2003. In New York's Times Square on Friday, hundreds of tired, haggard-looking commuters left stranded by the blackout awoke from their makeshift beds, lumbering into the dim light of the rising sun.REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Diners at a bistro continue with their meal under candlelight in downtown New York. Huge power blackouts paralyzed New York and other major cities across the northeast United States and Canada after a massive failure of the regional electrical supply system(AFP/Mandel Ngan

Email this slideshow Blacked out New York City with only a few lights in buildings and moving traffic lighting the dark streets. A failure in a power plant in upstate New York near the Canadian border triggered a massive blackout Thursday across the northeastern United States and southern Canada(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

People lay stranded outside the Times Square Marriot around 3 a.m. in the morning as a power outage shut down the Eastern Seaboard August 15, 2003. More than 12 hours after the biggest North American power outage in history left huge swaths of the Northeast in sweltering darkness, much of New York and its suburbs were still without electricity. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People lay stranded in the entrance to Grand Central Station around 3 a.m. in the morning during a power outage in New York August 15, 2003. More than 12 hours after the biggest North American power outage in history left huge swaths of the Northeast in sweltering darkness, much of New York and its suburbs were still without electricity. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People move around Times Square without the convenience of electricity during a massive power outage in New York on August 14, 2003. Sweltering New Yorkers were hit by a giant power blackout on Thursday that stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Chip East

Email this slideshow Seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, the lights of a New York Waterways ferry streak across the water in front of the darkened New York Manhattan skyline after a massive power outage hit the Northeast on August 14, 2003. On New York City's darkest night in more than a quarter century, thousands of residents, stranded suburban commuters and tourists set up camp wherever they could early Friday in a desperate attempt to catch some shut-eye. Photo by Tony Kurdzuk/Reuters

Jersey City, N.J. commuters exit and enter the Waterway Ferry at Grand Street. in Jersey City N.J. , Friday, Aug., 15, 2003. Thursday's power outage caused commuter rail and bus lines to operate on limited schedules and officials said ferry traveler was lower than usual (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)

People sleep on the floor of New York's Grand Central Terminal early August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked New York City and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. Thousands of people waited for trains that could not run due to the outage. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen

Email this slideshow A woman sleeps on the floor of New York's Grand Central Terminal early August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked New York City and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. The clock shows the time the power went out in New York City as 4:10 PM on August 14. Thousands of people waited for trains that could not run due to the outage. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen

Email this slideshow A line of several hundred people wait for busses in New York on August 15, 2003. Most train service ws knocked out after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked out New York and other major U.S. and Canadian cities on August 14. The commuters shown here, many of whom spent last night in the city, were boarding busses that would take them to a connection with a deisel powered train outside the city. REUTERS/Peter Morgan

Commuters sleep on the steps of the Post Office on 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue in New York during the early hours of Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 after being stranded following the city's electrical blackout. The blackout occurred across much of northeastern United States and Canada. (AP Photo/ Mike Appleton)

A news vendor works by candlelight in New York's Times Square shortly after midnight Friday, Aug. 15, 2003. A power outage hit most of northeastern United States Thursday afternoon, leaving the city in the dark. (AP Photo/Joe Kohen)

People gather near a police emergency truck in Times Square in New York early August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked out New York and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. Millions of people were left in the dark and thousands of commuters were stranded

Email this slideshow People move around without the convenience of electricity during a blackout in New York on August 14, 2003. After the biggest power outage in U.S. history struck late Thursday afternoon, many people were stranded without lodging and forced to make beds of newspaper, cardboard or clothing and camp out on sidewalks, office building foyers, parking garages and church pews amid the clawing humidity. REUTERS/Chip East

People with no place to go after they were not allowed into their hotel, the Marriott Marquis in New York's Times Square, wait on the sidewalk outside of the hotel early Friday morning Aug. 15, 2003, following a massive power outage that darkened much of the northern United States. (AP Photo/Joe Kohen)

People fill the street in Herald Square in New York August 14, 2003 after a blackout hit the city. Massive power outages hit New York and other cities in the northeastern United States and Canada, trapping thousands in crowded subways and forcing the evacuation of office buildings. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)

Traffic trying to leave New York City crawls up Lexington Avenue after the city suffered an electrical blackout August 14, 2003. Sweltering New Yorkers were hit by a giant power blackout that covered the much of the Northeast part of the country and stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the September 11 attacks.