“Could be because they had all the parts needed to keep their grid up and running.”
That was my thought too, before we had to deal with lots of Americans getting sick.
So, I don’t have any clue as to why they’re worried about losing power, but if they’re generation capability is slowly degrading due to loss of supply lines from China, one would ‘hope’ that they’re do more than throwing up their arms and simply planning blackouts. I can certainly think of things I would be doing.
...but I suspect that’s too difficult for the Normalcy gang to think about, same as here.
That sort of thing was actually one of my biggest concerns. If we lost the grid and/or municipal water systems it would get dicey fast.