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Wed 27 Feb 2008 | 20:20 ESTYou are here:Home > News > U.S. > Article
“Loss of wind causes Texas power grid emergency”

Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:11pm EST

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “HOUSTON (Reuters) - A drop in wind generation late on Tuesday, coupled with colder weather, triggered an electric emergency that caused the Texas grid operator to cut service to some large customers, the grid agency said on Wednesday.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “No other customers lost power during the emergency, ERCOT said. Interruptible customers were restored in about 90 minutes and the emergency was over in three hours.

ERCOT said the grid’s frequency dropped suddenly when wind production fell from more than 1,700 megawatts, before the event, to 300 MW when the emergency was declared.”


1,261 posted on 02/27/2008 5:30:47 PM PST by Cindy
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Police arrest 3 terror suspects carrying suicide jackets in Jhang (Pakistan)
Thursday, February 28, 2008

ISLAMABAD/FAISALABAD: Jhang Police said on Wednesday they arrested three terror suspects carrying two suicide jackets and chemicals in Shorkot on Tuesday night. The arrested were produced in an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday and placed on physical remand for six days in police custody, APP reported.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\28\story_28-2-2008_pg7_3

Police defuse 7kg explosives near checkpost (Pakistan)
Thursday, February 28, 2008

PESHAWAR: Police defused explosives weighing seven kilogrammes near a police check-post in the limits of the Pishtakhara Police Station on Ring Road on Tuesday, police officials said on Wednesday. Officials told Daily Times that the explosives, hidden in a water cooler, were recovered with detonators from the Achani Payan Road. They said the explosives weighed seven kilogrammes and were defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS).

Officials said the explosives were placed to blow up the police check-post at night for maximum impact as police officials are deployed to the post during night and the area is sparsely populated.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\28\story_28-2-2008_pg7_39


1,262 posted on 02/27/2008 5:54:12 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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