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William Museler, president of the New York Independent System Operator, which manages the state's electric grid, said "huge'' power fluctuations originating from a Midwest power plant started the downfall of the grid at 4:11 p.m. Thursday. He said the power swings became so large that the Ontario system could not sustain them, and the problem migrated to New York.

Maybe now the Canadian authorities will stop blaming non-existant lightning, or fires that didn't happen. Of course, the speculation about Ohio could easily be off as well; we really don't know anything useful yet.