Power Outage From Sandy One Of Biggest Ever In U.S. By Christoper Joyce / NPR Published October 30, 2012 at 11:20 AM PDT This story was published more than 12 years ago. Facebook WhatsApp Email Listen Power Outage From Sandy One Of Biggest Ever In U.S. Sandy left 7 million customers without power across the East Coast, leaving many wondering what it will take to get the lights back on.