[api]

That is also possible. I can't find any comprehensive history of blackouts anywhere so it's hard to check probabilities.

[tyingq]

There's this: http://insideenergy.org/2014/08/18/data-explore-15-years-of-...

Which includes a link to this Google spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AdxhulfM9jeqviIZihuO...

[api]

Great find.

At a glance it looks like 1-2 dozen per month, so a coincidence is definitely plausible.

Have to wait and see.

[tyingq]

You could argue that none of the ones today are weather related. If you remove the weather related outages, it's easier to support the notion of a conspiracy. I don't personally think this is one, but...