Mother Jones: She’s a Furloughed Single Mom of 3. The Utility Is Shutting off Her Power Anyway.

April 13 — n the Southeast, particularly in Tennessee, the electrical system dates back to the early 20th century, when the New Deal funded vast public power projects to electrify a poor region that private utilities, unable to turn a profit, simply left in the dark. In an ironic historical twist, that system now leaves millions at the mercy of small-town nickel-and-dimers.

— Mother Jones