There is opportunity to do a lot of things, but it'll never happen unless it gets tied into some broader agenda. "Enabling the common man to run their own power

There is opportunity to do a lot of things, but it'll never happen unless it gets tied into some broader agenda. "Enabling the common man to run their own power company" isn't something that gets people to the polls, so I seriously doubt it'll ever happen. See also: those "crazy/wacky/funny laws in <city/state/country>" books and listicles that feature antiquated laws that are still on the books (some of which are most certainly unconstitutional) but nobody cares about enforcing them, so there exists no political will to repeal them.