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Power Outage Plan
Focused Member Brief
Home & Household
Power Outage Plan
Keep essentials running and avoid dangerous improvised solutions.
Your action sequence
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Do these in order. Stop when the situation changes enough that the next step no longer fits.
1
Confirm whether the outage is local or utility-wide.
2
Protect refrigeration, phones, medical devices, and heat/cooling needs.
3
Never use generators or combustion devices indoors or in enclosed spaces.
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