Where is that electricity going? Mosul? If it is, then shutting it down would cut off an enemy's economic resources and force them to choose between an angry p

Where is that electricity going? Mosul? If it is, then shutting it down would cut off an enemy's economic resources and force them to choose between an angry population and attacking a fortified position against air superiority. Yes, being without electricity does great harm to the civilian population, but less harm than a massacre-by-flood.