Sentences with phrase «of electricity outages»

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The offer follows a string of power outages in the state of South Australia, including a blackout that left industry crippled for up to two weeks, and stoked fears of more outages across the national electricity market due to tight supplies.

The outage comes at an especially embarrassing time, following an announcement from government officials that they had restored electricity to 50 percent of utility customers.

Nomura Securities estimates that electricity supply could fall about 5 % to 10 % short of demand because of power outages in the tsunami - affected areas during the 12 months ending March 31, 2012.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

He also promised to fix electricity in the state to boost the business environment, noting that Ekiti had remained unfriendly to business due to persistent power outage in most parts of the state.

It would be recalled that the Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has appealed to the management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company to resolve the issue of prolonged power outages in almost half of Ondo State.

The legislator explained that in a major power outage these benefits can include the refrigeration of medications and food, electricity for those on life support as well as heat and shelter for those in need.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

Meanwhile, the shutdowns of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex and other nuclear plants after the earthquake have led to electricity shortages in Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures, where temporary outages are planned every day.

Utilities can substantially reduce their disruption costs, as well as social costs, by continuing to supply at least a small amount of electricity to serve HP demands during outages.

The city and the university are talking about a second round of Fort Zed tests, bringing in more solar and wind power and cutting the city's vulnerability to an electricity outage even lower.

Though it doesn't break out the nuclear data separately, statistics from Europe's electricity industry association Eurelectric show both planned and unplanned outages mostly increased at thermal power plants in eight European countries examined, and periods of energy unavailability increased from around 12.8 percent in 2002 to 18.3 percent in 2011.

Electricity is critical to communication, transportation, commerce and national security systems, and wide - spread or prolonged outages have the potential to threaten public safety and cause millions, even billions, of dollars in damages.

Meaning Vermont residents may have a reminder of this summertime outage when they pay their electricity bills in the dead of winter.

Infrastructure improvements completed on the Electrical Load Center at the port will now provide access to electricity in the event of a power outage.

In areas that may lose electricity, fill up bathtubs and sinks ahead of time to ensure that you have access to water during a power outage or other crises.

and you are in a very dry, remote corner of Africa, so you might have water shortages or electricity outages and maintenance might take time due to parts issues, so the best way to have a great experience is to adjust your expectations, relax and focus what you came for: The amazing wildlife!

24H Private Electricity (Playa Dorada) with own back - up system in case of unforeseen outages.

We are really approaching the point where it will be entirely «mainstream» for US suburbanites to live in solar - powered homes that will not only be «net zero energy» in the sense of generating as much or more energy than the house itself consumes, but will also generate all the electricity to operate an EV, which will be integrated with the house so its batteries can provide power to the house at night and during grid outages.

Kevin Doyle, the executive director of CEA - Florida and a lobbyist for the group, said in his letter that Florida's electricity providers «should get some special attention» for their response to the widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma.

«Given India's burgeoning electricity demand and the persistent supply demand gap along with the summer shortages and outages, solar PV prosumers will have a crucial role in enabling the country's transition to a fully sustainable energy system,» says Christian Breyer, professor of solar economy at LUT and one of the researchers.

«Resilience should not focus solely on generation outages,» said Melissa McHenry of American Electric Power, which favors the traditional regulated cost - based model for electricity.

Reduced nuclear generation due to outages and reduced hydropower generation both served to moderate declining electricity prices in much of the country.

Electricity outages that left tens of thousands of Victorian households without power on Sunday and Monday turned up a few interesting home truths about Australia's national energy market.

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.

Monthly data allow users to see seasonal patterns, such as periods of nuclear refueling outages in the shoulder seasons (spring and fall) and increased operation of peaking generators during the periods of highest electricity demand in the summer months (driven primarily by air conditioning use).

· And, the leading cause of electric power outages is electricity distribution system storm - related outages (not generation - related outages).

A power outage affecting 11,000 customers in the Sydney suburbs of Burwood and Strathfield at around the time of peak electricity demand (around 4 pm) was not caused by load - shedding, but would have reduced power demand at a critical time.

«Even though Nigeria is one of Africa's most prominent countries, we still suffer frequent electricity outages,» Ananyi said, in an interview with VentureBeat.

• Coordinated with local electricity utility provider to be alerted of any after - hours outages in order to confirm that backup generators were running and that all components were prepared to handle load once power returned.