What must be done to avoid potential damage during a blackout recovery?

To successfully avoid potential damage during a blackout recovery, isolating damaged equipment before energizing is crucial. This practice helps to prevent further complications or hazards that may arise from energizing faulty or damaged components once power restoration begins. By ensuring that any defective or damaged equipment is disconnected, system operators can minimize risks, such as equipment failure or injuries that could result from trying to restore power to parts of the network that are not ready to handle it.

This approach emphasizes the importance of safety and reliability in the restoration process. It allows operators to bring back load and supply power to the grid in a controlled and systematic manner without exacerbating existing issues. Only after confirming that equipment is safe to energize should operators proceed with the restoration efforts.