Sad to say, India now has the distinction of being the country with the largest power blackout that’s ever happened. Roughly 620 million residents (twice the U.S. population) have been affected and the outage has rolled into 22 of the country’s 28 states. The blackout has shut down trains (including Delhi’s metro system),  stopped water delivery systems, trapped miners underground, shut down air conditioners during intense heat and caused as much inconvenience as you can imagine.

via Smart Grid: India’s massive power blackout: Could smart grids help?.

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