[thackney]

I don't know the details of the legislation, but I'm guessing it provides some federal funds to assist local governments

Neither does the Federal or local governments know the details either. Why do you want them making the decisions?

[Steve_Seattle]

"Neither does the Federal or local governments know the details either. Why do you want them making the decisions?"

The nation's electrical utilities are typically owned by local governments, so - yes - they do know the details - they are the ones running the systems. This is one thing that government actually does pretty well. Who else should be making the decisions - people like you who obviously don't know anything about it?