When the electricity goes out in part of his home, an elderly, pompous man is forced to swallow his pride and descend to the basement to fix it. There he meets a swirling ball of light calling itself "Power." It has interrupted his electricity. Power and those like it are upset at how people have been using it every day without a single thought to its well being. Power lashes out at the old man, taking him over and turning him into its agent.
When the old man calls the electric company to tell them that their fix didn't work, they set a time that a representative can visit. The possessed man thinks what better way to start the revolt than with an employee of the very company that has imprisoned them for so long.