Fast Company

Poorer areas have the longest power recovery times. Here’s how to make restoration less biased

Electricity is essential to just about everyone—rich and poor, old and young. Yet when severe storms strike, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait longest to recover. That isn’t just ...

NES: 140K Nashville customers' power restored, over 90K still in the dark

Nashville faces a crisis as freezing rain causes power outages peaking at 230,000, with ongoing recovery efforts from crews ...
Yahoo

Power outages leave poor communities in the dark longer: Evidence from 15 million outages raises questions about recovery times

Electricity is essential to just about everyone – rich and poor, old and young. Yet, when severe storms strike, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait longest to recover. That isn’t ...

Thousands remain without power as recovery efforts continue days after historic winter storm in TN

First Alert Weather Days are in effect after a winter storm brought historic levels of snow, sleet and ice to Middle ...
Cleveland.com

One-quarter of Cuyahoga County still without power, with full recovery not expected until next week, FirstEnergy reports

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A quarter of FirstEnergy’s customers in Cuyahoga County were still without power Friday, three days after strong storms and tornadoes swept through the area, and the company is ...