Sentences with phrase «rolling blackouts during»

To deal with this, utilities can adopt a regime of rolling blackouts during periods of peak demand — a common feature of Third World power systems, and a feature of the First World if environmentalists have their way.

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«If the storm is severe enough, operators have ways of islanding the system,» he added, just as rolling blackouts have been used in extreme power emergencies like the Texas winter storm during this year's Super Bowl week.

When a frigid cold wave knocked out 50 power plants in Texas during February's Super Bowl week, utilities had to impose rolling blackouts across entire communities with a «blunt ax,» said Robert Shapard, CEO of Dallas - based Oncor, the state's largest transmission company.

Meanwhile, in his house in the Berkeley hills, Robert Hansen will be set during this summer's impending rolling blackouts, with all of his energy coming from his solar panels or stored in two days» worth of rechargeable batteries.

The first is modeled on extreme weather conditions based on a long heat wave and devastating drought during the summer of 2011, an event that forced the grid operator to cut power to large industrial users to avoid rolling blackouts.

• Ensure reliable backup power — make it easier for buildings to use backup generators and solar energy; require buildings to keep stairwells and hallways lit during blackouts; add hookups for roll - up generators and boilers.

Despite the restricted access and rolling internet blackouts, Iran's cryptocurrency community appears to be gaining strength during the turmoil.