Every day our changing weather brings us closer to environmental catastrophe, but for most the problem is easy to ignore. David Hallquist, a Vermont utility executive, has set out to take on one of the biggest contributors to this global crisis: our power grid. But when his son Derek tries to tell the story of his father, the movie is soon thrown off course by an astonishing family secret, one that forces Derek and David to turn their attention to a much more personal struggle, one that no longer exists. can be ignored.