The real story is a contest between a peaceful commercial venture that is respectful of property rights and stands ready to massively upgrade the energy infrastructures and bring new prosperity vs. a coalition of interest groups that have no skin in this game but have made protesting a way of life.
If you did it yourself about a dollar, if it is a standard outlet. Only do it if you have some electrical experience. If you were to call in an electrain to change it about $60 a hour depending on where you live. Source(s): Electrain, 4 years experience.
If you want to ask that How much does an electrician cost to fix a switched outlet then let me tell you that i can not possibly give you an estimate because labor costs are highly variable around the country and much variable from one country to another and you should know that It might be as easy as looking in the breaker box in the place,a breaker might have tripped so it may cost you less that $200.