Interconnected Grids NPR's Greg Allen looks at the infrastructure that played a role in the nation's largest-ever blackout. Are the electrical grids too interconnected? Should states or regions decouple their lines?

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August 28, 200312:00 AM ET

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NPR's Greg Allen looks at the infrastructure that played a role in the nation's largest-ever blackout. Are the electrical grids too interconnected? Should states or regions decouple their lines?