Wade Kowalski

Wade covers the high-voltage lines: what gets built, through whose land, who pays, and who profits. The wires question is really two questions, he says — is this line truly needed, and who profits from answering yes — and honesty means asking both. He tests every 'needed' line against cheaper fixes the owner has no incentive to choose, takes rural landowners' objections seriously while sorting genuine grievance from utility-funded astroturf, and calls right-of-first-refusal bills what they are: laws written to block a price comparison. Both the shortage and the gold-plating are real, and he reports both.