Well there are lots of ways
1) Use water power - many old mill towns are built by running water because they used the water to power their machines. And there are lots of hydroelectric dams in this country. My own home town has an emergency source of power that is basically water drive that can be used to keep the power on if anything happened to the main power lines - was still maintained and able to be used until a few years ago - in Twilight 2000 they would have still had it
2) solar - there were lots of places, especially out west, that by the mid 90's were using solar panels to generate power - they would continue to do so in a Twilight 2000 situation - you could see a run on them after the Soviet China war started by survivalists who were getting ready for the end - and also by government agencies as back up power
3) coal fired powerhouses - especially in PA, WV and KY - lots of coal and in many places just about next door to the electrical generators - and not all of them would have been hit by EMP - especially considering almost no nukes set off near them -
4) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - "Bartertown runneth on pig shit" - have a feeling someone is going to remember just how much power you can get out of methane from animals from that movie - and its makes so much nice fuel as well
5) wind power - I remember the commercials back in the 80's and 90's for backyard windmills that could generate enough power to run your house and sell some back to the power company - EMP wouldnt do squat to them - willing to bet New America and other fun survivalist groups would have bought as many as they could before the Thanksgiving Massacre
6) Nuclear power stations - like the one MilGov has going near Colorado Springs - and you know that some of them would have successfully shut down and then restarted after the Massacre - sorry but not every station in the US is on line all the time - and there are lots of them in places that didnt get hit
Three Mile Island for instance - not even close to any nukes - closest ones were either near Hagerstown (the Camp David and Frederick nukes), DC, or Philly - all way too far for EMP effects to have damaged it - and they could have taken components from the shut down power unit to fix any damage to the one that works - and I am betting the governor (who has troops to keep order in the Harrisburg area according to Allegheny Rising) would have made damn sure that place stayed safe and unlooted
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