[UPDATED] “Ninja Squirrels” Continue Plaguing Electric Utilities

[UPDATE 20-NOV-2025] This is an updated post from the original post ‘Did a “Ninja Squirrel” Cause the Northeast Blackout in 2003?’ (dated 17-Jul-2016). It can be found here: http://scadamag.infracritical.com/index.php/2016/07/17/did-a-ninja-squirrel-cause-the-northeast-blackout-in-2003/ Several more stories from mid/late-2025 implicating squirrels as the cause of recent power outages throughout the United States. Squirrel causes power outage for hundreds of Lafayette//SCADAS.ECRead More