utility failure
Services stop working
A utility failure is the breakdown or interruption of essential public services—electricity, water, gas, sewage, or telecommunications.
The term appears in emergency planning, insurance policies, and lease agreements: The backup generator kicks in during a utility failure.
A utility failure may be localized (a single building) or widespread (an entire region after a storm).
- blackoutComplete power loss
- rolling blackoutPlanned, sequential power interruptions
- power outageLoss of electrical supply
- outageLoss of electrical service
- powerEnergy transfer rate
downed power lines · darkness · candles · flashlight · grid · off the grid · electricity · emergency · generator · backup generator · storm · downed · lines · water · boil water advisory · gas · infrastructure · disruption
utility failurescheduled maintenance
Prearranged care of equipment
scheduled downtime · maintenance window · preventive maintenance
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