The growing electricity demands being placed on the country’s century-old grid are resulting in an increased number of unexpected power outages across the U.S.
In fact, the U.S. endures more blackouts than any other developed nation. According to federal databases at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the number of U.S. outages lasting more than an hour has increased steadily over the past decade.