If I can find the reference I read, I’ll bring it here. Your figure is so extremely low there is no rational reason why it would not be done; it just seems low compared to my recent reading. If only I could remember where it was!
I just googled it again a little while ago and there are several articles putting the figure at $100 Mil to $300 Mil. I think Newt was saying $200 Mil. There is no rational reason not to do it. Our govt is out of touch and out of control.
That is why so many people are buying retreats and alternative electrical systems. Us included. When that grid goes down and its going to at some point I’m not going to be out in the front yard boiling clothes over a pot. You have to be born to that stuff. Thats why people only lived to be 40 years old.