Gday Clive
Absolutely agree it would appear to have very little to do with where/how the electricity was being generated ( or not ).
Its not as if they werent expecting the worst storm in ages, so must have known the wind turbines would be offline ?????
The fact that the turbines couldnt run simply means a controlled load shed should have been planned for and implemented, no different to a hot day.
( I always remember seeing a documentary in great britain showing how the power grid engineers always knew when the ads were on in a very favourite soap, and knew ( planned for ) the fact that everyone would be out boiling a kettle at the same time.
Edit Ahh here it is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup )
Andrew