This is a well-thought out, calculable approach that directly addresses our need for energy reform.

The technology is sound and well-studied. The problem as I see it is getting

"Waxman and his colleagues take the time to consider a local approach" 

to anything. The idea of a national or continental "backbone" grid is absurd from

many angles.  This article explains a few of the "whys" of the Microgrid approach.