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<strong>Power</strong> <strong>Transmission</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Distribution</strong><br />

The worlds largest Blackout – up to now<br />

High Voltage<br />

Approximately 50 million People in 7 States were<br />

out of Supply for hours or days. In spite of an<br />

initially suspected Terror act, there was a high<br />

Degree of Discipline everywhere.<br />

A total Amount of 62 GW Customer Loads was<br />

lost (this corresponds to half of the installed<br />

Generation Capacity in Germany) of which 49 GW<br />

have been reconnected within 16 hours.<br />

PTD H 1TM / Re 11-2005 19

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