power outage
power failure

We would have just thought it was a power outage.

In a power outage, people understand that other forces are at work.

I've read in some places power outages are more of an issue.

A clean power outage doesn't have to be too bad.

As of January 1, power outages last 16 hours per day.

The city had power outages and damage to its water systems.

About 800,000 people through the state experienced power outages, which is almost a third of the population.

Any number of things could have caused the power outage.

The most common cause of a major, long-term power outage is what?

Massive power outages could become a problem across any country using such a system.