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They do that anyways here even without ransomware attacks. There were all kinds of articles about it on the front page of HN.

Hamuko 5y ago
When?
- ForHackernews 5y ago
  Texas recently shut down their power grid when it got cold out because it was cheaper than weatherproofing or suffering the regulations to interconnect with other neighbouring states.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    That's not in any way similar. The Colonial Pipeline was not shut down because they ran out of petroleum to distribute.
    - ForHackernews 5y ago
      Grandparent commenter with "Austin" in his name was saying his power gets shut off even w/out ransomware. Parent commenter asked "when?" and I answered the question. I'm not taking a position on the similarity or dissimilarity between shutting down a service because you can't bill accurately and shutting down a service because you refuse to interoperate with other providers. All I'm saying is Texas customers did get their electricity cut off recently.
    - austincheney 5y ago
      The Texas power grid didn’t run out of fuel either. It was known there needed to be controlled outages a couple weeks in advance. What wasn’t known was the scale or duration of the problem. At any rate you are just looking for something to cry about. You asked for a hypothetical counter example not expecting to get one and now are splitting hairs to qualify big tears.
      - Hamuko 5y ago
        >The Texas power grid didn’t run out of fuel either. "As of Wednesday morning, when the power outages were at their most severe, the cold had snuffed out about 46 gigawatts, or about 40 percent, of power-generation capacity in the state." Sounds a lot like the grid did in fact run out of "fuel" (as in the product that they deliver). >You asked for a hypothetical counter example Of an electricity provider cutting power of its own accord because their billing service was not functioning, not because the electricity production in Texas dropped due to freezing while demand shot up.

Hamuko 5y ago

When?

ForHackernews 5y ago
Texas recently shut down their power grid when it got cold out because it was cheaper than weatherproofing or suffering the regulations to interconnect with other neighbouring states.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  That's not in any way similar. The Colonial Pipeline was not shut down because they ran out of petroleum to distribute.
  - ForHackernews 5y ago
    Grandparent commenter with "Austin" in his name was saying his power gets shut off even w/out ransomware. Parent commenter asked "when?" and I answered the question. I'm not taking a position on the similarity or dissimilarity between shutting down a service because you can't bill accurately and shutting down a service because you refuse to interoperate with other providers. All I'm saying is Texas customers did get their electricity cut off recently.
  - austincheney 5y ago
    The Texas power grid didn’t run out of fuel either. It was known there needed to be controlled outages a couple weeks in advance. What wasn’t known was the scale or duration of the problem. At any rate you are just looking for something to cry about. You asked for a hypothetical counter example not expecting to get one and now are splitting hairs to qualify big tears.
    - Hamuko 5y ago
      >The Texas power grid didn’t run out of fuel either. "As of Wednesday morning, when the power outages were at their most severe, the cold had snuffed out about 46 gigawatts, or about 40 percent, of power-generation capacity in the state." Sounds a lot like the grid did in fact run out of "fuel" (as in the product that they deliver). >You asked for a hypothetical counter example Of an electricity provider cutting power of its own accord because their billing service was not functioning, not because the electricity production in Texas dropped due to freezing while demand shot up.