"dxAce" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Might it be really dark when Arizona cuts off the juice?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

The mere threat of doing so could actually get AZ in a buttload of
trouble
with the feds. Along with being illegal (extortion), it's also a threat
to
national security and an act of terrorism under the Patriot Act. But
then,
AZ doesn't seem to care what anyone thinks.

Threat to national security? Come on. Arizona is merely trying to enhance
national security.

Something that Boy Barry and his cadre of
Liberal/Democrat/Marxist/Socialists
seem to care little about.

Everything about the power grid is federally controlled, and has been for as
long as anyone can remember. If AZ were to cut of electricity to CA (or
anywhere else), it would be a national security issue, as the grid supplies
power to all state and federal infrastructure. It's not a matter of them
being able to choose who they sell to, as a public carrier, they must sell
to anyone able to pay. (For instance, they couldn't just come shut off your
power because they don't like you.) The interstate sale is a bit different,
but it's still a federally enforced contract. Also, such an action would set
off a domino effect that would cripple the grid in many states.