Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical grid. What would happen if they succeeded?

(The Hill) - Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict. The plots have repeatedly failed, however, and sociologists say that even if they do succeed, the kind of disasters they seek to create rarely result in members of the population turning on one another — though they could prove costly, and deadly. In July, two former Marines, both active in an