In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts.
AES Corporation, the massive American 'global power company', has purchased the privatized electricity distribution company in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. AES manager Piers Lewis must not train the former communist populace that, in his new world, customers pay for their electricity. Meanwhile, the Georgians, from pensioners to the Energy Minister, devise ever more clever ways to get it free.
Amidst hight drama and heated exchanges, Lewis balances his love for Georgian people with the hardships his company creates for them, as they struggle to build a nation from the rubble of the Soviet collapse.