What if that grid failed? How dependent are we on electricity? What is the cost of electricity, to both you as the consumer and to society at large?

“PhET Interactive Simulations.” PhET, https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics/electricity-magnets-and-circuits.
Part 2: Calculating Electricity Costs
Overview
Electricity has revolutionized our society in the last two centuries yet it also binds us into a regional community that depends on one electrical grid. What if that grid failed? How dependent are we on electricity? What is the cost of electricity, to both you as the consumer and to society at large?
First of all, sometimes appliances don’t report the watts. Recall that amps x volts = watts. If you have any two of the three quantities, you can complete this math equation. If the appliance you first choose does not report two of the three, choose a different appliance.