emergency power
Generator during outages
Emergency power is authority granted to government officials during crises—natural disasters, wars, civil unrest—allowing them to bypass normal procedures and protections: The governor invoked emergency powers to impose a curfew.
Such powers typically include deploying troops, restricting movement, and commandeering resources.
Separately, emergency power refers to backup electricity from generators or batteries when primary sources fail: The hospital switched to emergency power during the blackout.
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- executive ordersPresidential directives with legal force
- executive authorityPower to enforce laws
- batteryPortable electricity storage
curfews · contingency planning · fuel cells · alternator · solar panels · microgrid · off the grid · abuse prevention · outage · rolling blackout · blackout · disaster response · oversight committees · load shedding · lights out · wartime · lifeline · risk assessment
- backupsbackup copy, backup file, backup drive, backup system, backup generator
- energy systemselectricity, generators, hydropower, geothermal, hydroelectric
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- electrical systemswiring, circuits, voltage, transformers, electricity
- backup powergenerator, battery backup, backup generator, APU, UPS
- building systemsHVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, heating, cooling
emergency powermain power
emergency powerlimited government
Officially bounded political authority
rule of law · due process · separation of powers · civil liberties · democratic norms
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