Renewable power is the top of the green agenda.  But the priorities in that agenda get confusing when wind power is good despite being twice as costly as anything else and water power is bad because it’s only the least expensive if you build a dam.  
Yes, I agree it would be great if the fiefdoms where overcome by a regional authority providing real benefits to all the customers.  But better think about how to empower that mission and not let this just become another political Trojan Horse built to block progress.