This is not as bad as maybe you think. Maybe you know better and are just not saying so.

The U.S. power grid is reactive not proactive. The patching, the upgrades, the basic infrastructure gets built only after demand brings it to its knees. Yes, the grid will not get ahead of the need, it will not even keep up with demand but it will get what needs after the need pushing it to the brink of collapse. Kind of like the "debt ceiling crisis." Not really a crisis just brinksmanship. We will deal with the electric grid crisis as it occurs, not before it becomes a crisis. Have you seen the massive army of bucket trucks that respond when a storm takes down a section of the grid. Also, the fleet of trucks carrying hundreds of new transformers, poles, and spools of cable. We love a good crisis and crisis response. Some day we will need another 100,000 charging stations. They will show up a few days late, but someone is already planning for the crisis, not planning to avoid the crisis.

TEK