Solar panels are way too expensive for us at this stage of the battle.
But yes we can survive without lights and it's only the internet connectivity that worries me.
The news is that the old powerstations are on the edge of totally collapsing.

They were already old at my time of working on the towers, but excellent maintenance kept them in great form. Then with the change of governments, the specialists left and maintenance also stopped.
Now we are in real trouble.