Cika wannan jumlar: A ranar 14 ga Agusta, 2003,
mafi girma guda blackout a Arewacin Amirka tarihi ya faru. Rashin wutar lantarki ya sa mutane miliyan 50 suka rasa wutar lantarki a jihohi takwas na Amurka da kudu maso gabashin Kanada. Kodayake ya ɗauki watanni don tantance ainihin dalilin katsewar, a ƙarshe an gano shi zuwa tashar wutar lantarki ta FirstEnergy a Eastlake, inda layin wutar lantarki mai ƙarfin lantarki ya goge kan bishiyoyi da ke haifar da layin ya rufe, wanda, saboda tsarin faɗakarwa da ya gaza, ya haifar da tasirin tasirin layin wutar lantarki. Gabaɗaya, mutane 11 sun mutu kuma an ba da rahoton kusan dala biliyan 6 a cikin lalacewa, wanda ya haifar da ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwar makamashi tsakanin Amurka da Kanada don rage ƙarancin wutar lantarki a nan gaba.