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> And the current local grids just aren't designed and build for that.

Is this true? Distribution lines are obviously run with demand in mind, but I wouldn't be shocked if utilities ran last mile lines with copper that's twice as thick as it needed to be because they optimistically projected future demand, copper was cheap, and they didn't want to come back and run more lines.



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