Almost 35 million Americans may soon lose their utilities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans relied on emergency orders issued by state and local governments that prohibited utility companies from shutting off services such as gas, electricity and water. Writes about this CNBC. However, according to a new report from a startup Carbon Switch running ...

End of the world: what will happen if electricity is cut off worldwide

As a result of the recent wildfires in California, about 2,5 million people were left without electricity. This caused a flurry of outrage and criticism from both consumers and authorities. The BBC reported what would happen if the electricity was cut off around the world. Except California ...

'It's infuriating': Millions of Californians suffer blackouts

On Tuesday, October 29th, wildfire-related power outages began across Northern California, leaving millions of people without electricity for 5 days or more. Fire brigades tried to contain two large fires in Severnaya and ...

Blackout in New York: why the metropolis was left without light and whether it can happen again

72 thousand New Yorkers were left without electricity for several hours as a result of a massive power outage. Why did this happen and is it worth waiting for a repeat of the blackout? A major power outage in New York last Saturday, July 13, was caused by damage to a distribution ...

An old lady from New Jersey, for whom the unit was breathing, died due to a blackout for debts

A New Jersey resident who used an electric oxygen machine for life support died a few hours after PSEG cut her power due to accumulated debt. Desiree Daniels from New Arch just a week ago lost her father to heart failure, and now her ...

More than 100 thousands of homes in Los Angeles were left without electricity: how to survive a long-term failure

On July 8, an explosion took place in the Department of Water and Energy, leaving more than 140 homes and businesses in the San Fernando Valley without electricity. On July 000, restoration work to provide electricity is still ongoing in the region, writes the Daily News. In the evening ...

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