Sentences with phrase «system during blackouts»

For now, the battery primarily serves as an expensive backup system during blackouts for customers like David Cunningham, an aerospace engineer from Foster City, California.

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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.

Previously, Ms. Murphy was vice president of government affairs and communications for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) from 2001 - 5 and was chief spokeswoman during the 2003 Northeast blackout (which I remember well, having covered its causes in depth after wandering out of our Times Square headquarters into utter blackness).

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.

Previously, Ms. Murphy was vice president of government affairs and communications for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) from 2001 - 5 and was chief spokeswoman during the 2003 Northeast blackout.