Me: We talk about power cuts, not "electricity cuts", right? GG: Yes, that's correct. We typically refer to interruptions in the electrical supply as "power cuts" or "blackouts." These terms emphasize the loss of power, which is often the primary concern during such outages. An outage is a period when a service, such as electricity, is not available: 🗣 The radio news reported power outages affecting 50 homes. A blackout is a time when all lights must be hidden by law, or when there is no light or power because of an electricity failure: 🗣 wartime blackouts 🗣 Power lines were blown down and we had a blackout of several hours.