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Many of you are not going to like hearing this.

It's a little hard for the power generation and distribution system to flex fast to an ever increasing demand. Especially with the difficult process we have allowed to happen in getting new generation plants approved. There should be excess capacity but it comes at a price. Nobody wants the big power distribution line towers in their neighborhood.
How many totally electric new homes were built in the last 6 months. How many new pools with heaters and circulation pumps were added. How many new eco vehicles are setting there plugged in to the charging system. Individual items are not big but when you combine a few thousand together it's serious load.
The system is built to handle extreme summer temps. These winter temps, when you include the ice damaged generation and distribution, is a 100+ year event that has caught the whole nation. The whole midwest distribution system is quivering on the edge of failure.
This is the future for "green energy". All those solar panels covered with snow on cloudy day become useless. Many of those ugly wind turbines are iced up and non-functional.

Blame the politicians, educators, and media that push this kind of stuff down our throats without listening to industry leaders.

edit to add another perspective. I'm sitting here with 4-8 inches of snow in my driveway with 8-12 more coming tomorrow. I got rid of my 4 wheel drive because I didn't need it couple years ago. I don't own a snow shovel. I'm not prepared for this once in a life time (hopefully) event.