Sentences with phrase «duration of power outages»

Most of the energy information out there is on physical grid connections rather than quality and reliability issues, like frequency and duration of power outages.

«Events with severe consequences are becoming more frequent and intense, due to climate change, and have been the principal contributors to an observed increase in the frequency and duration of power outages in the United States,» according to the draft.

Not exact matches

(The metric here is «customer - hours,» which is the number of customers without power multiplied by the duration of the outage.)

If we had a power outage in a particular region or business district, telephone and electronic communications would be immediately and seamlessly re-routed to alternate locations for the duration of the outage.

«If [Puerto Rico's] system were redesigned around microgrids incorporating local power production,» Holdmann said, «there would still be losses, but the number and duration of outages due to severe weather events would decrease.»

Although the possibility of such long - duration outages can not be totally eliminated, the report identifies many steps that can be taken to make the power system more resilient.

The second storm, fueled by a powerful, long - duration atmospheric river funneling warm and moist air from southeast of Hawaii, hit central and northern California beginning late on January 7 and pushed major rivers past flood stage levels and drove extreme gusts, leading to power outages as well as rock and mudslides.

Later this year, we will review our IT infrastructure and software with a view toward improving resiliency and availability of our key systems in the event of a disaster or long duration power outage.