On November 24, 2014, FERC approved a settlement with Western Area Power Administration – Desert Southwest Region (Western-DSW) related to its involvement in the blackout in the southwestern U.S. on September 8, 2011. This blackout left more than 5 million people in Southern California, Arizona, and Baja California, Mexico without power for up to 12 hours. According to FERC’s press release on the Western-DSW settlement, this is the fourth settlement arising out of this blackout.
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