Blackouts Are Becoming the Norm—Can the U.S. Power Grid Be Saved?

Last week, a monkey snuck into a substation in Sri Lanka and knocked out power, plunging the island nation into darkness that lasted six hours. The major blackout forced medical facilities and water purification plants in the country to turn to backup generators to maintain critical operations while traffic was gridlocked because traffic lights were not functioning. Unlike many developing nations, Sri Lanka has ample installed power generation capacity and has plenty to spare even during peak demand periods. Unfortunately, Sri Lanka, like many…