The exportation of power during grid outages would provide electricity to specific places in the community, such as to gas stations, supermarkets, hotels or other vital services. (microgridknowledge.com)
Such information is important to protect technology on Earth, since particles that have been accelerated to high energies can at their worst cause power grid outages and GPS communications dropouts. (sciencedaily.com)
Launched in 2001 in response to the 2000 - 2001 energy crisis and market failure that resulted in widespread grid outages across the state, California's SGIP is one of the longest running distributed, «green» energy incentive programs in the world. (solar-estimate.org)