Talk:2006 European blackout

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I removed the following section, since it was mostly duplicate of material elsewhere in the article:

Although there are different opinions as to “where and why” the dreadful supply shortfall began, the majority of people agree that E.ON NETZ is to be blamed. E.ON NETZ, a German electricity transmission operator, had switched off a power cable across the River Ems to allow a cruise ship to pass. This led to overloading of lines and eventually to the splitting of the Union of Co-ordination of Electricity Transmission network. The Western zone lacked power, while the Eastern zone had too much of it. E.ON NETZ had not informed other European transmission system operators before taking such drastic actions. To make things worse, the German electricity transmission operator did not have the security procedure in place when switching off the power cable. Although the blackout left many people terrified, it was beneficial in the long run. The terrifying event pointed out the flaws in Europe’s electricity grids that have been linked since the 1950s. In conclusion, the blackout was a motivating factor for European officials to invest more in the operation of the grid.

There may be things in the above that would still benefit the article, please feel free to add it at appropriae places. -- Egil (talk) 11:53, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

This was just unbelievably ridiculous! How could a shutdown on a specific powerline in Germany black out the hole continent?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.63.82.69 (talk)