I remember something similar to that, after the last big power out due to a minor problem with the grid that began in Canada. I never liked how seemingly fragile our power grid is, especially in light of possible terrorism. But it’s hard to know how serious the problem is hearing almost nothing about it.
I have studied it a bit. It is serious, but some steps are being taken to harden it a bit. We developed a prototype replacemnent, modular high voltage transformer...
But no steps have been taken to put it in production. It would have been a decent use of “stimulus” money.