A single transmission line from Niagara generating station tripped due to faulty relay setting
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Within 2.5 seconds, five other transmission lines became overloaded and tripped, isolating 1,800 MW of generation at Niagara Station
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Generation then became unstable and tripped
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Northeast became unstable and separated into islands within 4 seconds
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Outages and islanding occurred throughout New York, Ontario, most of New England and parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania