Same with California. As much as anything though these are inevitable problems with capitalism. Ignoring maintenence to hide a lack of growth is a common issue. These problems wouldnt be happening if things were run properly. Though its not like AES states have totally avoided beaurocratic breakdowns.

Regardless local power generation doesnt have to be rooftop solar. There are lots of other ways that are more efficient. And most importantly the batteries that Elon uses are incompatible with a healthy climate. Its hard to make batteries efficient without doing them at scale.