<p>Clinton-era Energy Secretary Bill Richardson was quick to pour the footer for the foundation of blame for The Great Blackout of 2003.</p>
<p>"(W)e're the world's greatest superpower, but we have a Third World electricity grid," said Mr. Richardson, now the governor of New Mexico. "We have antiquated transmission lines. We have an overloaded system that has not had any new investments and we don't have mandatory reliability standards on utilities, which caused this problem."</p>