If every car in US was Electric we'd be screwed

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by kokonutty

It was a widespread problem in the New York area in the past with people unable to get fuel. Following Sandy, the state of mandated that gas stations have backup power to prevent a recurrence.

In NJ there was a grant program that would help stations pay for the backup setup. Looks like 127 stations did it (some are still listed as pending in the list I found). It was voluntary. I wasn't aware of any mandatory requirements for a backup in NY

List can be found here https://www.njeda.com/disaster_relie...l_fuel_station

[kokonutty]

At first there were grants to expedite the program which required about half the stations in the downstate area to be equipped. A few years later there was legislation to require all stations in the state to be covered but I don't know if it passed in the face of upstate resistance.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/gov...pacity-prepare