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BLACKOUT 2003
A sampling of thousands of articles relating the event and its effects

 

"Blackouts Stun U.S. Financial Markets"
 
-- by Reuters News, Aug. 14, 2003, 17:47

"NRC Says 9 U.S. Nukes Knocked Off Line by Blackout"
 
-- Reuters News, Aug. 14, 2003, 19:19

"In Detroit, Motor City, Power Outage Means Gridlock"
 
-- Reuters News, Aug. 14, 2003, 19:31

"Flashlights, Payphones Rule in Unplugged Manhattan"
 
-- Reuters News, Aug. 14, 2003, 21:44

"Blackout a Reminder of Grid's Vulnerability to Terror"
 
-- The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 15, 2003

"Energy Supply System Faces Increasing Obstacles"
 
-- The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 14, 2003, 21:44

"Power Outage? State Regulators Are Seen as Lacking in Authority"
 
-- The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 22, 2003

"Backward on Energy"
 
-- New York Times, Sept. 2, 2003

"U.S. FERC Supports Separate Power Reliability Bill"
 
-- Reuters News, Jan. 7, 2004, 14:18

Prepared by the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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