One really important improvement that we can make for free* is increased memberships in regional automatic power markets and balancing authorities like the Cali

One really important improvement that we can make for free* is increased memberships in regional automatic power markets and balancing authorities like the California Independent System Operator. Organizations like these make the exchange of power between neighboring entities smarter, faster, and smoother than they ever have in the past. It's not magic and it won't make an overloaded transmission system magically not overloaded but it's a huge step in the right direction. As a small fish in that particular pond it concerns me a bit that the government of California has some degree of control over the organization, though. I'd say a positive change would be to massively expand the size of the various balancing authorities and put them all under the purview of the federal government. *not actually free, but free on the scale of other necessary changes.