EIA estimates households in 2020 spent an average of eight hours without power. Power outages affect health in the summer potentially leading to heat-related illness, cold can affect the individual differently. Medical vulnerabilities, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic vulnerabilities make households at risk of serious health consequences extremely vulnerable to outages.
Anonymous, "Last year’s record-breaking power outages are a red flag for public health", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 21 July 2022, accessed 26 December 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/last-year’s-record-breaking-power-outages-are-red-flag-public-health
Critical Commentary
EIA estimates households in 2020 spent an average of eight hours without power. Power outages affect health in the summer potentially leading to heat-related illness, cold can affect the individual differently. Medical vulnerabilities, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic vulnerabilities make households at risk of serious health consequences extremely vulnerable to outages.