Timeline for What is the correct way to say that the electricity has come back after a power outage?
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| Jul 18, 2016 at 17:50 | history | protected | user140086 | ||
| Aug 27, 2015 at 12:17 | answer | added | chillin | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 27, 2015 at 11:37 | answer | added | chillin | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 27, 2015 at 11:26 | answer | added | chillin | timeline score: -1 | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 21:00 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | @Solace: If I recall correctly, PG&E used the same wording during the period of 2000–2001 when our area was subjected to planned "rolling blackouts" due to "excessive demand" that turned out to be a criminal gaming of the power grid by Enron. For the most part, however, in California and in much of the rest of the United States, scheduled power outages are an anomaly. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:52 | comment | added | Solace | @SvenYargs Actually it's funny, we have a regular load-shedding of electricity here, so "has been restored" does not seem suitable in this situation, because it was some unexpected situation and now the problem has been fixed (by somebody), while here it is a schedule of load-shedding. So the power goes out every alternate hour and that is scheduled. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:46 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | PG&E, the utility that provides electricity in the San Francisco Bay Area, always announces after a blackout that "Service has been restored to the affected areas." But users usually say something along the lines of "Power's back on" or "The electricity is working again." | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:38 | answer | added | Paul Wagland | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:28 | vote | accept | Solace | ||
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:12 | answer | added | bcamero | timeline score: 15 | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:02 | answer | added | chasly - supports Monica | timeline score: 25 | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:01 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'd normally say The power is out, hopefully followed by The power is back on (BrE). | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 19:59 | history | asked | Solace | CC BY-SA 3.0 |