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Whoever bids highest. Families paying for grandpa's ventilator vs mark zuckerberg.
I don't know how it is in US but in Sweden there is a priority list when there is a risk of blackout. Hospitals is one of the highest priorities, if not the highest. Regular families is one of the lowest, it is expected that everyone should be prepared for losing power for a couple of hours. However, some big companies that uses lots of power have a deal with the grid owner that they can be disconnected/reduced power first when there is a risk of blackouts.
same in the US - hospitals first, private homes last. the commenter above you is talking about a ventilator at home
It sounded on him like it is a bidding over who will lose the electricity last. But the priority was decided a long time ago, when it was fewer billionaires and they didn't had that many billions. For now, it not normal people vs billionaires.