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John McAvoy, Con Edison's chairman and CEO, said that although mechanical failure was likely the cause of the outage, a full investigation would be required for a definitive answer. McAvoy further stated that "excessive load" due to summertime energy demand was not likely a contributing factor to the
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Kitchen. By 10:30 p.m., five of the six electric networks were restored. Shortly before midnight, power was fully restored to all six sectors.
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is the energy utility serving the area, and they reported that approximately 73,000 customers were without power. Power was fully restored by midnight. The power failure occurred on the 42nd anniversary of the
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