If another Carrington Event hit the US, would most people be using electricity again in less than a week?

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Wikipedia article for the Carrington Event

For the sake of the question, "another Carrington Event" is defined as a storm with a Dst of -1000 nT hitting the Earth.
Would the civilian electrical grid either (1) not come down, or (2) be fixed and usuable again by most people within 7 days?
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