One aspect to consider is that poor people might consume little enough that they're actually less dependent on the grid than large McMansions with lots of appli

One aspect to consider is that poor people might consume little enough that they're actually less dependent on the grid than large McMansions with lots of appliances. I lived for 3 years with 1040 watts of solar, traveling around the US in a motorhome. I really did not even feel like I was compromising on anything to save power, I had a tower PC, I watched movies with television + stereo system, etc. 1 kW of solar is tiny by residential solar standards. It's not hard to go solarpunk and live off of just solar, once you let go of large homes.