Power Failure - Risks? - R+V Versicherung

Strategic Issues
• Governments have typically, however, implemented
emergency fuel storages to keep most critical
facilities alive for several weeks up to a month.
• The 2003 blackout illustrated that after 3 to 6 hours
without power most fuel stations and the refineries
had to close down, leaving the public without fuel for
cars or backup generators as the pumps did not
operate.