Long time power outage outdoor power supply

In a long-term power outage, federal temporary emergency power generation assets (e.g., generators and fuel) to maintain mission essential functions and provide lifesaving and life- sustaining support will be in high demand.

Long-term power outages cannot always be predicted with certainty. However, certain threats such as severe weather are common causes. Potential or credible threats to the electric grid may be identified and communicated by the intelligence community.

In a long-term power outage, the government's support to local, state, tribal, territorial, and insular area governments will follow a triage approach, utilizing limited resources to achieve the most positive impact for the largest number of people.

Water, candles, and battery lanterns can all be essential during a power outage. The past few years have made one thing clear: Severe weather events can strike just about anywhere. When they do, a resulting power outage can last for days—or even weeks—depending on the severity of the damage it leaves behind.

Impacts that result from a long-duration power outage will vary depending on the incident. An incident that results in physical damage to electric power infrastructure (e.g., catastrophic earthquake) will also likely damage or destroy telecommunications infrastructure and require extended federal communications support.

“Expected unserved energy” means “ energy at risk” multiplied by the probability of a major outage affecting one transformer. “Major outage” means an outage with duration of 2.6 months. The outage probability is derived from the base reliability data given in Section 5.4.