> If an outage lasts more than four minutes, it usually takes much longer to get it running again (I assume it's because it then triggers an alert that will be handled by a human operator).
I read a statistic at some point (which I can no longer find the reference for) that power outages tend to be bimodal: either they last a short time (e.g. <5min) or they last a long time. There's hardly anything in between.
In the US, utilities report outages longer than five minutes:
I read a statistic at some point (which I can no longer find the reference for) that power outages tend to be bimodal: either they last a short time (e.g. <5min) or they last a long time. There's hardly anything in between.
In the US, utilities report outages longer than five minutes:
* https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=35652