Keep the lights on -- at Super Bowl, and as national energy policy

Like the Super Bowl, keeping our lights on as a country "is essential to who we are as a prosperous nation," according to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, The Business Journals reported.

The 34-minute blackout at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Sunday was an embarrassment to the NFL and the city of New Orleans, but Murkowski said it also was a helpful reminder about "why we focus on energy as a prosperous nation." As The Business…