The lights are on. Does everything else work?
Household Continuity · Research Hub 07
The overview of the household continuity hub: seven functions a household depends on during a prolonged outage, which of them a generator or battery reserve actually keeps running, and which fail regardless.
How it happensService dependency failure
Household Continuity · Research Hub 07
What national emergency guidance in several countries tells households to prepare for an extended outage, compared side by side as of 31 October 2026.
How it happensService dependency failure
Household Continuity · Research Hub 07
A planning worksheet that walks a household through each function in turn: what it depends on, how long a reserve lasts, and what has to be decided before the outage rather than during it.
How it happensService dependency failure
The Tap Ran. You Couldn't Drink It.
Several European governments revised their household preparedness guidance after 2024, and after Hurricane Helene the water in Asheville ran for 38 days before it was safe to drink. This brief asks what a stated reserve period actually measures, why recovery arrives in stages, and what a supported household needs once its stored supply runs out. Built from national guidance across 16 jurisdictions and official Asheville records. For principals, family offices and household staff.
How it happensService dependency failure
The Alarm Went Off. No One Heard.
In Spain's April 2025 blackout, powered alarms could not reach their monitoring centers, and in Canada's 2022 Rogers outage customers could not reach a working 911 system. This brief asks why protection is a chain from sensor to responder, which links an outage breaks, and what stays exposed when the networks fail. Built from operator and agency statements, a regulator's testimony and contemporaneous reporting. For principals, family offices and security teams.
How it happensService dependency failure
The Department of Energy issued an emergency order for the mid-Atlantic grid on 12 October 2026, during a mild week with no storm. This guide asks what a home's gates, cameras, alarm signal and internet do when the power fails, which of them a standby generator cannot keep working, and how a three-part test finds the gaps first. Built from federal orders, FCC and CPSC records and manufacturer documentation. For homeowners, households and family offices.
How it happensService dependency failure
Grid Emergencies No Longer Need a Storm
On 12 October 2026 the Energy Department issued a four-day emergency order for the mid-Atlantic grid, with no storm or heat wave behind it, letting the grid operator direct backup generation at large private sites as a last resort. This brief asks what the order changes for anyone who owns or depends on backup power in the region. Built from the order, the operator's filings and earlier 2026 orders. For family offices and facility leads.
How it happensService dependency failure
Your Backup Power May Be Public Record
Regulators are building confidential records of private backup generation, yet Virginia's older public files already describe much of the same infrastructure site by site. This brief asks what those permit and fuel-storage records reveal when read together, and whether security teams have looked at them. Built from an ObscureIQ records review in October 2026. For owners of data centers and other large sites with permitted generation, and their security leads.
How it happensPublic and government records release