Power/energy: New York City's blackout: A $350 million drain: Ripple effects off the July 13, 1977, lightning stroke cost the public dearly in lost property, services, end income

The New York City blackout of July 14, 1977 (Feb., p. 38; Mar., p. 48) cost the city and its inhabitants more than $350 million, according to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report released this past July.