Although infrequent, power outages can cause major disruption and incur huge costs. The increasing demand for electricity, more extreme weather events and the possibility of cyber-attack are increasing the risk of blackouts. This paper reports using scenario planning and role-playing exercises with German and French university students to investigate people's possible reactions and their expectations of government during a hypothetical 3-day blackout. The scenario is designed to explore how society would cope with a power failure over successive time periods. The aim is provide information to emergency managers and policy makers about community needs and people's likely behavior in future blackouts.

尽管很少见，但停电可能会造成重大破坏并产生巨额成本。电力需求的增长，更加极端的天气事件以及网络攻击的可能性正在增加停电的风险。本文报告了使用情景规划和角色扮演与德国和法国大学生一起进行的练习，以调查人们在假设的3天停电期间可能做出的反应以及对政府的期望。该方案旨在探讨社会如何在连续的时间段内应对电源故障。目的是向紧急事件管理人员和决策者提供有关社区需求以及人们在未来停电中可能采取的行为的信息。