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India left in dark by utilities losing $10B a year

A decade ago, Chandrakant's fishing village in India's financial capital Mumbai lived mostly by candlelight. What people did not have - electricity - they stole. A decade ago, Chandrakant's fishing village in India's financial capital Mumbai lived mostly by candlelight. What people did not have - electricity - they stole. It was easy enough to hook onto the two thin power lines that passed over the village and take a little for themselves.

 

370M Indians swelter in heat after power fails

India Power Outage

Northern India's power grid crashed Monday, halting trains, forcing hospitals and airports onto backup power and providing a dark reminder of the nation's inability to feed a growing hunger for energy as it strives to become an economic power....

 

Power back on for most in Ariz., Calif. and Mexico

Utility crews brought electricity back to much of California, Arizona and Mexico on Friday, a day after a power outage left millions in the dark, paralyzed freeways and halted flights at San Diego's airport....

 

Normal life starts resuming after power restored in San Diego

Thirteen hours after an unprecedented outage left a huge swath of Southern California without power and brought normal life to a halt, power was restored to all 1.4 million customers of San Diego Gas & Electric, the biggest service area.

 

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