Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 68 brownouts 67 brownout 67 rolling blackouts 58 blackouts 53 power outages 51 power outage 49 load shedding 49 outages 49 furloughs 48 blackout 47 Independent System Operator 47 layoffs furloughs 47 electricity 45 hiring freeze 45 shutoffs 45 hiring freezes 44 firehouses 44 Blackouts 44 electricty 44 layoffs 43 shutdowns 43 watering lawns 43 temporary shutdowns 43 outage 43 furloughing 43 Electric Reliability Council 43 lightning strikes 42 outdoor watering 42 rationing 42 lawn watering 42 shutoff 42 furlough 42 loadshedding 42 budget shortfalls 42 mandatory evacuations 41 shutdown 41 electrical grid 40 whiteouts 40 coldest winter 40 cutbacks 40 Downed power 40 substations 40 Outages 40 Outage 40 backup generators 40 unpaid furlough days 40 stray voltage 40 downed wires 40 brush fires 39 catastrophic wildfires 39 Niagara Mohawk 39 shortages 39 cold snap 39 unpaid furlough 39 refinery shutdowns 39 prolonged drought 39 Furloughs 39 smog 39 unplanned outages 39 air pollution 39 unfilled positions 39 Garbage collection 39 unpaid furloughs 38 furloughed 38 spokesman Dan Stessel 38 fare hikes 38 lockdowns 38 localized flooding 38 sirens 38 sewage spills 38 generators 38 interruptions 38 peat bog fires 38 Dense fog 38 heavy rainfall 38 Red Flag Warning 37 Berlant 37 involuntary layoffs 37 understaffing 37 disconnections 37 heavy rainstorms 37 sewer overflows 37 hosepipe ban 37 fine particle pollution 37 portable generators 37 thunder storms 37 baseload 37 heavy snows 37 diesel generators 37 mosquito spraying 37 wildfires 37 staffing shortages 37 budget shortfall 37 partial shutdown 37 wildfires raging 37 rainfall 37 lay offs 37 brushfires 37 layoff notices 37 thunderstorms 37 stormy weather