Jocco, the energy "crisis" was nothing more than a group of people pulling another "The sky is falling!" routine. The USA has not ever truly been in an energy crisis. The closest we've come to that is back in the 70's oil crunch. And most of that, if I remember correctly, is because the oil wasn't on US soil in the first place.
Now on an individual basis, there have been local power companies that have been running higher than they should due to lack of capacity, but that was only because the population/business growth outpaced the capabilities of the power station. In many areas, they don't even have a power station of their own, but rather they purchase blocks of power - what they forecast being able to sell. If they buy too much and don't sell it, then they lose money. If they don't buy enough, they end up paying more for it when needed.
Around here that has pretty much leveled off over the years. The local power distributors still have to buy blocks of power, but it seems they are no longer just at a loss if that reserved power isn't sold/used. I think they now get a partial refund. But could be wrong on that.
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