The massive blackout on Aug. 14, 2003, five years ago, exposed many flaws in the nation’s fragile power grid. By Ken Belson and Matthew L. Wald BBDO Worldwide president Andrew Robertson Frequent Flier ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Con Edison, New York’s energy company, released a statement Monday about its investigation into the cause of the Manhattan power outage, which affected at least 70,000 people in on the island’s west ...

At the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, a nonprofit that rehabs old factories for use by small manufacturers, staffers have a story to tell about the big electricity blackout in Queens ...

Greg Wortham has had a busy week. As vice president of 1st Rochdale Cooperative, a Manhattan-based green energy company, he is already reaping the rewards of the August 14 blackout. Wortham says he’s ...

It's hard to find a wedding that's gone off without a hitch. It seems like something always goes down — whether it's small like the caterer forgetting the napkins, or something bigger, like, IDK, a ...

When the grid dies, the city changes fast. Traffic lights freeze. Cell towers go quiet. Crowds turn unpredictable. Your goal shifts from convenience to clarity: get out quickly, safely, and with ...

Grab your keys and drive over lit sections of road to drain energy from the power grid and blackout the city. Travel across the country from New York City to Los Angeles, shutting down the lights and ...