As the ordeal of hundreds of thousands of households, businesses, and farms left without electricity and associated utilities by storm Éowyn continues, personal experience of what is turning into a national disaster is providing some lessons. Some were immediate and prosaic, such as: The charm of a candlelit bucket shower wears out very quickly when it’s 10°C in your bathroom. Others are more profound and relate to the necessary energy transition via electrification and its perception by the public. The initial impact of the storm, while it thankfully did not hit any people or buildings around our household, was severe.…