One-Year Anniversary of Great Blackout of 2003

Fifty million people across the US and Canada suffered through the “Great Blackout” of 2003. While the cause of the August 14 cascading power failure was not a peak overload issue on that hot summer day, ways to avoid a repeat are still being discussed.

The Alliance to Save Energy urges that energy efficiency must be a prime consideration to solutions to the electricity reliability problem. Check out these Alliance resources:

• Electricity Reliability Problems and Solutions Fact Sheet with steps for governments at all levels, businesses, and consumers
• Electricity Reliability White Paper on energy efficiency and electricity reliability written in 2000
• Electricity Tips to reduce home energy bills and use