Reuters has a story 
about the problems with power outages—Blackouts . There are power outages occurring in many places as the heat wave bakes America, notably in Detroit and Cleveland , and in Queens, New York . 
Only three days ago, the same news service reported the grid's boast of meeting record demand for juice.
Blackouts happen for a number of reasons, both technical and operational. Technically, overloads trigger shutdowns in order to borrow the energy from other channels. Operationally, the easiest description is a failure of coordinated agencies to pick up each other's troubles. USA TODAY has an archived article that says what I just said , but in a way you can understand!
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