re: Blaming Quebec for this power failure would be like blaming France. )))
Both work for me. Don't forget Hillary.
Check out this link to see a large spike in the Ontario spot electricity price at 3pm EST yesterday in advance of the blackout:
http://www.theimo.com/imoweb/marketdata/marketToday.asp Click on "yesterday" in the demand and price graphs.
I haven't heard any reporting about the energy markets at the time of the blackout. Looks like price gouging was happening.