The Beltway is always obsessed with power, but these days it’s particularly obsessed with power—not the power that gets wielded and exercised, but the power that gets generated and distributed, because it’s currently in short supply in Washington after a nasty storm. Suddenly, commentators on the right as well as the left are sounding alarms about the pitiful state of America’s electric grid. They’re right, of course. But they haven’t mentioned a certain piece of federal legislation—if you’ve read anything I’ve written in recent years, then you probably know what I’m talking about—that made unprecedented investments in upgrading the grid.
via Obama Used His Power So That Future Storms Won’t Knock Out Your Power | Swampland | TIME.com.
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