Europe blackout investigation
(Reuters) Updated: 2006-11-08 09:05

High-voltage power line are seen during sunset near the southern
German city of Ulm, November 7, 2006. Europe wrung its hands last Monday over
the root causes of widespread weekend blackouts, with Germany accusing utilities
of slack investment and Brussels promising new measures to improve EU
electricity transmission. Germany's E.ON said an overload of its northwest
German high-voltage grid was responsible for the temporary power cuts.
Klaus-Dieter Maubach, a board member at E.ON's central European energy marketing
unit, appeared to confirm that the blackouts were triggered by the scheduled
switching off of a line over the river Ems to allow a cruise ship to pass
through.
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