Detroit now resembling third-world nation as power grid fails and lights go out

( 3rd paragraph ) Power was out most of the day and was not fully restored until about 5:30 p.m. Officials said that such interruptions are bound to happen on such an old and overtaxed system.

"There's been so much neglected for so long," Duggan said. "We've got a lot to do."

When completed, the grid upgrade will feature new utility poles, substations, transformers and cables, like the one which failed at the former Mistersky plant.

"This situation is not going to slow down our efforts to ... restore the city," council President Brenda Jones told the paper.

About 10 years ago the Mistersky plant was being used to produce power for the city, according to Detroit's chief operating officer, Gary Brown. But he said the plant has not produced any power at all for at least the past eight or nine years. Currently, he said, the city purchases its power from the DTE Energy company; that power is routed into Detroit through the Mistersky plant.

The failure represents Detroit's further decline into a third-world city. Some are trying to transform the city into an economic center, much like New York City, to make up for its dramatic loss of manufacturing.


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