Careful, you’ll be accused of being a socialist for thinking that let alone pitting it in writing. Not that I necessarily disagree with you.
Like roads and waterways, some things are too vital to our function to be left int he hands of profit motives. In just one example of this, look at Austin and the no good alternative route to private toll roads. I guess they still have those.
Of course, the profit motive does get things done fast. Amazing to see how fast BW8 NWest in Houston got built compared to what TxDOT did on their own in other sections. That whole NW segment got built faster than any other one part.
I’m an electrical distribution engineer and have worked on multiple utility systems.
It’s the same nonsense everywhere, and it will definitely get worse.
For quite some time, the high ranking personnel at said utilities were white males with multiple engineering degrees and decades of experience.
They understood the balance of engineering and monetary issues.
Up and comers have whatever 4 year garbage degrees and are anything but white men making decisions based on current fiscal quarter figures and zero engineering foresight.
An “intelligent and modernized” grid is a more complex grid.
Shanquefa Jenkins with a BS in African American Studies and an SNHU MBA will now be running your utility company. Good luck…