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By Shan Li, Los Angles Times, June 17, 2014 The periodic blackouts in Cassina Tarsia’s Oceanside neighborhood meant the 71-year-old couldn’t charge her cellphone or electric wheelchair. Bu

LA Times | By EVAN HALPER AND MARC LIFSHER  |  FEBRUARY 6, 2014 Shooters armed with assault rifles and some knowledge of electrical utilities have prompted new worries on the vulnerability of Californ

U.S. Risks National Blackout From Small-Scale Attack By Rebecca Smith |  March 12, 2014 The U.S. could suffer a coast-to-coast blackout if saboteurs knocked out just nine of the country’s 55,000

New York Times; Energy Section, By ANDREW C. REVKIN  |  November 5, 2012 As New York City and other communities buffeted, flooded or darkened by the remains of Hurricane Sandy consider steps beyond th