Electric power industry as it really is. And at the center is a California energy company facing an approaching catastrophe. The events and people are swirling faster and faster: some are trying to prevent disaster, others are racking up political points, and still others smell “mad money.” The standoff between environmentalists and power engineers; idealists, pragmatists, and radicals. Lust. A desire identified with need. And the eternal question: Measure. Who determines it? Who sets it?