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In the article they mention that this probably wouldn't happen, and only became an issue because the utility forced homeowners to connect to the grid. In Austr

• noxToken 9y ago
  From elsewhere in the thread: >From what I gathered in reading the three articles there's a state code that mandates that homes must be hooked up to the electrical grid. With out seeing the law or it's history (e.g. when it was mandated), it's difficult to say if it's malice on the part of utilities or just a poorly worded law from 50 years ago. Electricity is regulated, like water, because it's something people have a hard time living without in modern society. It's perfectly reasonable for the state to mandate that properties have power as a protection for tenants.[0] I haven't looked into this myself, but this comment makes a lot of sense. I'm from a state where there are a lot of old laws on the books that are both discriminatory and greatly infringe upon basic rights of people. The prevailing argument is that it would cost too much manpower to actually rewrite all of those laws, so we just deem those laws as clearly outdated and unenforceable while tending to other matters. The law may just be old without ill intent. The power companies also may be dragging their feet to modernize as well, but slow bureaucracy is the one of the few arguments that makes sense to me. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15283664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15283664
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• awful 9y ago
  There are historic, sane, reasons people are "forced" to connect to the grid, especially in Florida.