A blackout is understood to be a sudden supra-regional power and infrastructure and supply failure that covers large parts of Europe and lasts for a longer period (> 12 hours). The decisive factor is that the other infrastructures are also affected and help from "outside" cannot be expected. Everything that has not been prepared and provided for on site will not be available. Moreover, the power outage is only the starting point for longer-term supply interruptions/bottlenecks.
Definition Blackout translated and modified from: https://www.saurugg.net/blackout
Open for comments and thoughts on how to resolve the market in case of some large-scale power failure or another relevant incident.
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@MarkIngraham I don't think that the links you provided are enough to resolve as YES. They are local blackouts, so they do not satisfy the "supra-regional" condition. About Ukraine: good point, I am still not sure if it's enough to qualify but I wouldn't find it too unreasonable.
@ValeryCherepanov obviously nations have separate power grids and separate blackouts, that renders the question meaningless. The richest cities in Europe suffered hours long blackouts (possibly 12h, contradictory claims) in 2022.
@ValeryCherepanov https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJzQwSL9h0
Here's a video of the Paris blackout in the early morning which would extend it to 8h, it could easily be 12h.
@MarkIngraham I'm fine with closing the question, I'm just saying it's a stupid question. The duration of the blackout is irrelevant, you could black for an hour and kill tons of people.