Cheers in New York City, but Subways Are Idle

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/nyregion/16POWE.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position=

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Lights went on again yesterday for millions of people in the Northeast, the Midwest and Canada, as utilities struggled to recover from a power failure that cast its shadow over eight states and played havoc with everything from traffic lights and telephones to manufacturing schedules at automobile plants.


Power was restored to all of New York City and Westchester County by 9 p.m., said officials of Consolidated Edison, the local utility. Service had also resumed for most people in Detroit and Cleveland, two other hard-hit cities.

But as the sweltering day began, millions of people were in the dark, and without air-conditioners or fans. Electricity was restored piecemeal, sometimes on one side of a street but not the other, as officials tried to avoid overloading the power-sharing system and triggering another collapse like the chain reaction set off on Thursday.