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Novel ‘microgrid’ technology could be the future for
facility-wide power protection.
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•Date:
10th December 2003 •Region: N.America / World
•Type: Article •Topic:
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Industry may lose Rs 22,000 crore in 2003 due to poor network
power.
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•Date:
5th December 2003 •Region: Asia •Type:
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A report published yesterday says that inadequate tree-trimming
around major power lines by Ohio utility FirstEnergy Corp was the
cause of August's major power outage.
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•Date:
20th November 2003 •Region: N.America •Type:
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Dr. James Kennedy explains what to take into consideration when
planning against power outages.
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•Date:
7th November 2003 •Region: Worldwide •Type:
Article •Topic: Power
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Having had their ‘fingers burnt’, many companies affected
by the east coast blackout intend to spend more on risk management,
BC and DR.
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•Date:
6th November 2003 •Region: N.America •Type:
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A report has been submitted to New York mayor Michael Bloomberg
highlighting the business continuity and emergency planning lessons
that can be learned from the blackouts that affected the city in
August.
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•Date:
31st October 2003 •Region: N.America •Type:
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A family of automatic power transfer switches that, when coupled
with a small generator, provides small businesses with 24-hour protection
against outages.
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•Date:
3rd October 2003 •Region: N.America •Type:
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Former FEMA director James Lee Witt to conduct independent assessment
of business continuity preparedness.
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•Date:
2nd October 2003 •Region: N.America •Type:
Article •Topic: Power
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A UK based product design company, E2L Limited, has developed a
system which aims to help power companies avoid blackouts by 'listening'
for early signs of failure.
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•Date:
2nd October 2003 •Region: UK •Type:
Article •Topic: Power
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Much of Italy was blacked-out yesterday.
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•Date:
29th September 2003 •Region: W.Europe •Type:
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Scientists at Columbia University are researching the options for
the development of a resilient power grid capable of meeting North
America’s future requirements.
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•Date:
25th September 2003 •Region: N.America •Type:
Article •Topic: Power
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Nearly one-third of data centre operations experienced continuity
problems.
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•Date:
16th September 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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The power outages that affected large areas of south London and
parts of Kent on 28th August, and the West Midlands on 5th September
will be independently investigated.
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•Date:
11th September 2003 • Region: UK •Type:
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30 minute blackout caused major transport problems.
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•Date:
29th August 2003 • Region: UK •Type:
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Worms and viruses are a real threat according to experts. Could
cause outages.
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•Date:
28th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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Highlights the dependencies between various critical infrastructures.
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•Date:
28th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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The US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
has outlined the work it is doing to try and prevent a repeat of
last week’s outages.
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•Date:
22nd August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
Article •Topic: BC
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Will take days for complete power restoration.
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•Date:
15th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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Comment: serious questions need to be asked about the ‘domino
effect’.
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•Date:
15th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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Employees worldwide were impacted, but regained the ability to communicate
and access critical information via e-mail in a matter of minutes.
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•Date:
15th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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Aon's insurance expert Joel Phipps comments.
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•Date:
15th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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Major business continuity problems being experienced in New York
City, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Ottawa and other eastern cities.
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•Date:
14th August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type:
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‘Cataclysmic effects of becoming
reliant upon unsecured, imported fuel supplies’: Institution
of Civil Engineers.
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•Date:
1st July 2003 • UK •Type: Article •Topic:
Power
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Business continuity systems have been comprehensively tested and
problems rectified.
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•Date:
23rd June 2003 •UK •Type: Article •Topic:
BC general
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Met's resilience to major infrastructure
problems questioned by MPA.
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•Date:
5th June 2003 •Region: UK •Type:
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According to a Frost & Sullivan report.
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•Date:
13th March 2003 •Region: Worldwide •Type:
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Research generates a reliable energy source for use during outages