Agreed. Wind and solar have their place and are not meant to replace conventional energy sources, merely displace them.

Transmission lines do help stabilize the local grids. Case in point is the 2011 San Diego blackout. One 500kV transmission line tripped offline during maintenance and the local grid collapsed.

My facts are correct, but I can't speak to your particular issues as I'm not familiar with those areas. But to imply that nothing being spent in infrastructure is disingenuous at best.

Agreed. We've been in a brain drain the last 10 or so years since the last infrastructure build-out 30 years ago. Unfortunately, infrastructure design/work isn't highly regarded. Much of this is due to

I can only speak for electrical distribution and transmission, but we're constantly upgrading the infrastructure. Most of the projects I've been involved with are expanding existing substation to either

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