Meanings
plural rolling blackouts
- businessAn intentional disruption of electric service to different areas in a region to conserve power.
Authorities in California warned that the high demand could lead later this afternoon to an emergency order for rolling blackouts, a dreaded term here that brings reminders of widespread blackouts in 2003 during an energy supply crisis.
2006 July 23, Randal C. Archibold, “California Warns of Rolling Blackouts”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: rolling power outage
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn intentional disruption of electric service to different areas in a region to conserve power.
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