An expert in North American electrical grids says he has never seen frost cause a major power outage. "This isn't the craziest I've heard, but it is an unlikely explanation," said Robert ...

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Recently, for example, voters in Maine rejected a planned $1 billion U.S. transmission line that was to carry electricity through the state from Hydro-Quebec's network to Massachusetts.