Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ogige North Shore Towers nwere ụlọ ọrụ ike na-emepụta onwe ya nke na-emepụta ọkụ eletrik na-enweghị ụlọ ọrụ ike mpaghara, nke nwere ikike. A chọpụtara nke a n'oge New York City Blackout nke 1977 mgbe obodo ahụ dum na-enweghị ọkụ eletrik ma ọkụ ka na-ahụ anya na North Shore Towers. N'oge Northeast blackout nke 2003
, Ụlọ Elu North Shore nọgidere na-emepụta ọkụ eletrik n'enweghị nsogbu. Nke a mere ka mgbasa ozi gbasaa n'ụzọ sara mbara banyere nnwere onwe nke co-op n'ihe banyere ike. Mgbe ha hụsịrị akụkọ a na-akọ banyere ikike Ụlọ Elu North Shore nwere imepụta ọkụ eletrik n'oge a kwụsịrị ọkụ eletrik, ndị na-anakọta ụtụ isi n'obodo zigara ụgwọ ụtụ isi ike eletrik na Ụlọ Elu North Shore na ụlọ ọrụ Penn South dị na Chelsea, Manhattan. Ụtụ isi ndị ahụ bụ nde dollar 1 maka nke ọ bụla, na-anọchi anya ụtụ isi mmanụ ụgbọala a na-akwụghị n'ime afọ 20 gara aga, ọ bụ ezie na ụlọ ọrụ abụọ ahụ na-emepụta ike nke aka ha. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Councilman David Weprin (D-Queens), mgbe ahụ Councilwoman Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), na ndị ọrụ obodo ndị ọzọ rụrụ ọrụ iji dozie ụgwọ ụtụ isi na iwepu ụtụ isi ike n'ọdịnihu maka co-ops. Mgbe ahụ ọkà okwu Council bụ Gifford Miller (D-Manhattan) kwuru na a "kwesịrị ịkwụghachi ụdị ụlọ ọrụ ndị ahụ ụgwọ, ọ bụghị ịta ha ahụhụ maka inye ike nke aka ha".