rolling blackouts
Scheduled power cuts
Rolling blackouts are planned, rotating power outages imposed by utilities when electricity demand exceeds supply.
Rather than letting the entire grid fail, providers cut power to different areas in sequence, typically for an hour or two at a time: The heat wave triggered rolling blackouts across the state.
The practice distributes the burden while preventing catastrophic collapse.
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- power gridLinked transmission system
- outageLoss of electrical service
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
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