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  2. National Grid plc - Wikipedia

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    National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks, and in the Northeastern United States, where as well as operating transmission networks, the company produces and supplies electricity and gas ...

  3. Glenwood Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    Both buildings were demolished by 2015. /  40.82750°N 73.64750°W  / 40.82750; -73.64750. Glenwood Generating Station is a power station in Glenwood Landing, New York owned by National Grid USA. It is mainly known for being the former site of an architecturally significant 1920s brick power station.

  4. List of major power outages - Wikipedia

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    March 12— Indonesia —A power failure affected 13 million people in South Sumatra and Lampung. [75] July 13— Azerbaijan — Baku and nearly the entirety of the country experienced a blackout due to unknown causes. [76] April 30—United States—Nearly all of JEA 's 355,000 customers in Jacksonville, Florida, lost power.

  5. List of power stations in New York - Wikipedia

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    In-Service Date is date of the last unit to go in-service. The Steam Turbines generate the most electricity, burning FO No. 6 with natural gas as a backup. The Gas Turbines burn natural gas with FO no. 2 as a backup. Long Island Power Authority. South Hampton 1. South Hampton. 1963-03-01. 8.5.

  6. United States National Grid - Wikipedia

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    The United States National Grid (USNG) is a multi-purpose location system of grid references used in the United States. It provides a nationally consistent "language of location", optimized for local applications, in a compact, user friendly format. It is similar in design to the national grid reference systems used in other countries.

  7. Long Island Power Authority - Wikipedia

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    Long Island Power Authority ( LIPA, "lie-pah") is a municipal subdivision [1] of the State of New York that owns the electric transmission and electric distribution system serving all of Long Island and a portion of New York City known as the Rockaways. LIPA was originally created under the Long Island Power Act of 1985 to acquire the Long ...

  8. KeySpan - Wikipedia

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    KeySpan had its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, USA and employed 9,700 people. [4] In February 2006, National Grid USA , a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid plc of the United Kingdom , announced that it had agreed to buy KeySpan for $7.3 billion (£4.1 billion) in cash, the deal being subject to regulatory approval and endorsement by ...

  9. Ravenswood Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    Related media on Commons. [ edit on Wikidata] Ravenswood Generating Station is a 2,480 megawatt power plant in Long Island City in Queens, New York City. [1] It is owned and operated by LS Power/ Helix Energy Solutions Group. [2] The plant is fueled primarily by fuel oil (no. 6) and natural gas which heats the boilers.