rolling blackout
English
Noun
rolling blackout (plural rolling blackouts)
- An intentional disruption of electric service to different areas in a region to conserve power.
- 2006 July 23, Randal C. Archibold, “California Warns of Rolling Blackouts”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- Authorities in California warned that the high demand could lead later this afternoon to an emergency order for rolling blackouts, a dreaded term here that brings reminders of widespread blackouts in 2003 during an energy supply crisis.