I didn’t say they can shut off your power, but they can throttle it. You’ll receive a notice in the mail or by phone that you’re reaching some arbitrary limit for “green” use, and they’ll advise you to set your thermostat to a specific temperature, buy energy efficient appliances, etc. If you don’t comply, they’ll jack up your rates using a new sliding scale they’re developing.
This could be good for us for 2014. Maybe if the people who are asleep feel more pain they will start to rebel against the democrats.