The USA ran out of the electricity because of a storm.

[tufguy]

We're facing a power cut. :tick: This only works if the power cut is in the [near] future.

If it is happening at the moment then what we need to say "we have a power cut at the moment"? Can we also say "we are going to" or "will face the power cut"?

If we have to say that power cuts are common somewhere like in the month of May then what we need to say? "This has power cuts in the month of May". Because we can't say "faces a power cut" or "blacks out".

 

[GoesStation]

This area has power cuts in the month of May is okay.

Please review your post to find the incorrectly-worded question.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

If it is not happening then is it possible to say it?

Yes, absolutely. Ems's examples are exactly right. Ems's last example is saying that a strike will happen, and when it does, power cuts are likely.

In the US, we would say outage or blackout, not power cut. Here, a power cut is intentional: Pat cut the power before replacing the light switch. Everything else is just as as we'd say it here.

 

[probus]

A good point Charlie. In India, where tufguy hails from, power cuts are usually intentional. They are due to inadequate generating capacity, and are called in the Indian dialect load shedding.

 

[GoesStation]

A good point Charlie. In India, where tufguy hails from, power cuts are usually intentional. They are due to inadequate generating capacity, and are called in the Indian dialect load shedding.

The same term is used in American English and, I think, BrE.