The nation's electricity grid is facing some huge challenges — it's outdated and unprepared for increasing demand and a future that includes more renewable sources of energy. In a weeklong series, NPR is examining the state of the nation's electricity infrastructure. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Obviously NPR has no memory of the massive Northeast and Canada blackout of the early 1960s ('63 I think). And clearly electricity providers have had no particular incentives to think modern - good grief, they can't even keep the power on in a bad ice storm! This is one more disaster in the making that has been around for years with no attention paid until something really bad happens - and then the attention lasts a couple of weeks if we're lucky.
Frankly this little old lady is getting very tired of media 'discoveries' that just aren't new.