Just to demonstrate my prescience...
Shanek will believe this is due to government regulation of the power industry. If the industry was private it would never have happened. Regardless of arguments against him, he will not budge.
Malachi will believe this is do to the industry being too privatized. He will make extreme long posts with large amounts of C&P in an effort to argue this point. Regardless of arguments against him, he will not budge.
JAR will blame it on whatever minority group is closest.
AUP will say it's the US's fault for something we did. (or is he knee-jerk the other way? sorry, stopped reading those threads)
LK will blame it on people being stupid.
JK would have blamed it on the matriarchal totalitarianism that's ruined the country.
Franko would start an argument about the power grid controls you controls your car.
Genshis Pwn would post pictures of young girls and ask if you would rather be stuck in an elevator when the power goes out with them or a large hairy man.
Girl 6 will ask if various posters are ok.
jon_in_london will point out this sort of thing doesn't happen in the UK and that the US sucks.
Various European posters will ask what the heck is wrong with us on this side of the pond.
The French will smoke.