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Re:Con Ed can’t explain what caused the Manhattan blackout by JshWright on Sunday July 14, 2019 @06:26PM (#20436613)
The parent comment is pointing out that there are additional voltage drops before it gets to "homes and businesses".

The electrical outlet in your wall does not supply 13,000 volts.

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Re:Con Ed can’t explain what caused the Manhattan blackout by nomel on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:54AM (#20441356)
To be fair, this is equivalent to mentioning your home router when an ISP has an outage.
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