One problem that is still out there is that the grid can not sustain the influx of additional energy sources and can not be transferred across the country. Much of the grid is owned by the Utilities and their stock holders who have invested money to build, maintain, upgrade and manage the grid components.

Only two of the grid components are funded in part by a government entity. That would be the TVA and the Texas Grid. Both of these grids are in part funded by taxpayers. But they don’t cover the entire grid. Just sections.

TVA is and has not been ran very well. Texas is the brightest spot. Know what happens to the grid when solar and wind are introduced? Does the government us immanent domain to take it away? Do the tax payer have to fix the problem or does this end up as an additional charge to those using these energy systems that will pay a fee to use the grid?

Until this takes place, the addition of more alternative energy will be up in the air and may be a problem as it increases. This must be the first thing that is completed or at least discussed prior to overwhelming the entire system.

The grid must also become more integrated to allow power to be sent across the country as need is greater. Smarter decisions must be made before we just go out and place systems that can not be supported.

This happened in the West. There was a hydro power system that was just meeting demand. They added a large wind farm to that system. Now there is too much energy so the government has to force one system to operate at a time and this is not any fix or even helping our energy needs.