That was meyer who said that. He also said that it's very likely that a bit of corner-cutting has rendered the safeguards ineffective (or possibly non-existent). And on a hot, high-demand day like today must have been, I think the margins would have been very tight to begin with.
With some 3000 odd posts I assume someone else has make the point (but I can't resist)...in just a couple short months an acknowledged expert in power generation and blackout problems will become available in the West and may be interested in finding enployment in New York to help out with the grid failures there.