Alabama Power Outage Cripples Statewide Commerce, Urgent Bypass Plan Activated
Two major power grid failures across Alabama yesterday triggered a cascading business shutdown, costing an estimated $300M in lost productivity. Alabama Power’s emergency bypass infrastructure mitigated a total blackout for critical hubs like Birmingham and Huntsville, but fringe areas will face rolling outages for 24 more hours. Expect supply chain delays and forced remote ops until reset.