This is incorrect. I live in Houston and am intimately familiar with power in the state. The priorities are (generally speaking) as follows: 1 - Critical inf

This is incorrect. I live in Houston and am intimately familiar with power in the state. The priorities are (generally speaking) as follows: 1 - Critical infrastructure (hospitals, etc); 2 - Interconnects on the T&D infrastructure; 3 - Population density. This is actually heavily regulated.