--- title: Home Energy Saving Tips/FPU Blog | safety description: safety | Energy saving tips to reduce your energy bill and have a better, more energy efficient home or business. Visit FPUC.com for more easy ways to save energy from our FPU Energy Experts. --- [![Florida Public Utilites](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/file-1241850734-jpg/images/corpNav_FPUIcon.jpg "Florida Public Utilites")](http://www.fpuc.com/) - [Natural Gas](http://www.fpuc.com/naturalgas) - [Electricity](http://www.fpuc.com/electric) - [Propane](http://www.fpuc.com/propane) - [About FPU](http://www.fpuc.com/about/) - [News & Events](http://www.fpuc.com/news-events/) - [Pay / Manage Account](http://www.fpuc.com/payments/payment-methods-info/) - [Contact Us](http://www.fpuc.com/customer-service/contact-us/) [![chpk_bird.png](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/chpk_bird.png?width=26&height=21&name=chpk_bird.png "Florida Public Utilites")](http://www.fpuc.com/) [![FPU Blog](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Header-1.png?width=950&name=Blog_Header-1.png "FPU Blog")](https://blog.fpuc.com) # FPU Blog ## [3 Best Practices for Understanding Electrical Power Outages and Restoration](https://blog.fpuc.com/3-best-practices-for-understanding-electrical-power-outages-and-restoration) Posted by [Scott Ranck](https://blog.fpuc.com/author/scott-ranck) on Sep 18, 2017 4:28:06 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.fpuc.com/hubfs/IMG_0086.jpg)](https://blog.fpuc.com/3-best-practices-for-understanding-electrical-power-outages-and-restoration) Florida just was hit by Hurricane Irma causing the single largest power outage and recovery of its kind in the history of the United States. We are accustomed to having electricity without interruption 24/7 in our country. In this blog, I want to give a basic understanding of why our power goes out whether because of a small thing or a major disaster like a hurricane. [Read More](https://blog.fpuc.com/3-best-practices-for-understanding-electrical-power-outages-and-restoration) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.fpuc.com/3-best-practices-for-understanding-electrical-power-outages-and-restoration#comments-listing) Topics: [electric](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/electric), [safety](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/safety), [hurricane](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/hurricane), [Hurricane Preparedness](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/hurricane-preparedness), [power outage](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/power-outage), [restoration](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/restoration) ## [Reflections on Hurricane Matthew](https://blog.fpuc.com/reflections-on-hurricane-matthew) Posted by [Scott Ranck](https://blog.fpuc.com/author/scott-ranck) on Oct 11, 2016 3:14:09 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.fpuc.com/hubfs/Scott_with_The_Weather_Channel_Jim_Cantore.jpg)](https://blog.fpuc.com/reflections-on-hurricane-matthew) [Read More](https://blog.fpuc.com/reflections-on-hurricane-matthew) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.fpuc.com/reflections-on-hurricane-matthew#comments-listing) Topics: [safety](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/safety), [florida](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/florida), [hurricane matthew](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/hurricane-matthew), [hurricane](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/hurricane) [All posts](https://blog.fpuc.com/all) ### Comment on This Post Submit your comment – plus, see what other people are saying. ![FPU Energy Conservation Newsletter](https://blog.fpuc.com/hubfs/Banner-EnergyConservation.png) #### Don't Miss Any Updates From FPU Sign up now for the latest energy conservation articles ### Recent Posts ### Connect with FPU on: Subsidiary of [![chpkLogoSm-1.png](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/chpkLogoSm-1.png?width=157&height=29&name=chpkLogoSm-1.png "chpkLogoSm-1.png")](http://www.fpuc.com/)