Lights out : the electricity crisis, the global economy, and what it means to you / Jason Makansi.

Preface
Acknowledgments
The worst-case scenario
Night of the living dead
The production and delivery value chain
Around the world, around town
Preventing the worst case
Insecurities, vulnerabilities, and an uneasy state of the industry
Why a first-world country has a third-world grid
Living with a transaction economy
The brain drain
Environmental imperatives
Houston, we have a problem
The impact of lengthening supply lines : how elastic are they?
Fighting "the last war," planning the next one
It's that '70s show
Sticker shock (without the sticker)
Electricity storage
Coal : extracting its full value
Exercising the nuclear option
Savvy consumption, empowering ratepayers
Distributed power
Redefining the grid with real intelligence
The rest of the world
A vision for the future: daydream, nightmare, or a good night's rest?
Postscript: personal accountability
Bibliography
About the author
Index.