Here’s a reminder of the need for region-wide smart grid systems, both to show power companies what their neighbors are doing in the midst of a blackout event, and to help themselves make sure their safety switches aren’t actually making things worse.

Such are the findings from a federal report released Tuesday, which found that operator errors and lack of planning played a key role in the September 2011 blackout that left about 9 million Southern California residents in a region-wide blackout that lasted through the night for most residents, and for days afterwards for a few.

via San Diego’s 2011 Blackout Caused by Poor Planning, Runaway Errors : Greentech Media.

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