In Boulders case the goal wasn't to strand rural customers with resiliency costs but to reduce emissions. Xcel moved in that direction enough that Boulder didn't need to municipalize. Owning poles and jiggling electrons would have allowed the city to do things like let homeowners access the 4% muni borrowing rate for solar loans that stay with the property via a tax lien. With the existing structure of public regulator and local monopolies, Xcel can't easily do anything "special" for Boulder without forcing poor rural places to share the costs.
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