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MarketsDünyaTurkish, translatedFiled 2 days ago

Global electricity outage alarm: 190 million subscribers affected every year

Original headlineDünyada elektrik kesintisi alarmı: Her yıl 190 milyon abone etkileniyor

Open the sourceReported by Dünya, dunya.com, 11 November 2026

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has flagged a global electricity outage alarm after reviewing roughly 3,000 natural-disaster-related power cuts reported across more than 150 countries since 2022, with such disruptions affecting an average of 190 million subscribers annually. The agency mapped three major risks facing global grids, underscoring how extreme weather is increasingly straining electricity infrastructure worldwide. The findings matter because repeated mass outages threaten reliability for households and businesses and raise pressure on utilities and governments to harden networks. What to watch next is how regulators and grid operators translate the IEA's risk map into investment in resilience and backup capacity.

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International Energy Agency, global power grids