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Bracing for blackouts? How Americans prepare for power outages
- Two-Thirds of American homeowners experienced a power outage in 2026, and nearly three-quarters of those affected worried another outage would occur within a year.
- Talker Research conducted the study for Sunrun and found that many homeowners expected more outages but acknowledged being unprepared.
- Although homeowners rated their preparedness at 6.6 out of 10, 41% had none of the emergency power resources surveyed.
- Severe storms were viewed as the biggest threat to power reliability, while 47% said a backup power source would provide the most confidence.
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Bracing for blackouts? How Americans prepare for power outages
Two-thirds of American homeowners have already experienced a power outage in 2026 — and nearly three-quarters of those affected are worried they’ll experience another within the next year. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 American homeowners, which found…
·Billings, United States
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