Big storms, and other weather weirdnesses, have ironically become one of the main drivers of contemporary grid reform, but in the least efficient way imaginable. We use fossil fuels, including natural gas, to make electricity, the chemical pollution from these contributes massively to global warming, global warming makes for more ferocious storms, and these storms swoop in and decimate the grid. This destruction prompts people to think about ways that the grid might be made harder to destroy.
