Back around 1998-1999, Southern California suffered a heat wave which stressed the power lines as much of the power flowed from Northern California.
A friend of ours who had moved back to Cali was moaning about the fact they were having rolling blackouts.
I could not help but joke that WE here in the Oklahoma-Kansas-Louisiana-Arkansas area had so much extra power we were opening the electrical outlets and letting the excess run out on the ground!
They were not amused.
=:-)