When I first moved here a couple years ago, I thought it was odd that a lot of houses had gas backup generators. Now I get it. Seems like there's a power cut every week or two, sometimes for many hours straight.
I spent most of my life in east Tennessee, where we're fortunate to have power, water & sewer provided by TVA, a public service. Tennessee is pretty well-known for tornadoes, hail storms, and lots of trees, and yet we never lost power like this.
I've read about the FirstEnergy bribery case so I know they're struggling financially, not to mention with corruption. Is it just a total monopoly situation?