Sounds like a job creation scam. We’ll have to consume more and pump more money into our failing economy.
If industrial power is monkeyed with as well as residential, the effects could be devastating as MTBF cycles are accelerated, equipment fails prematurely and must be replaced.
What better way to further cripple an ailing economy than destroy the little engines which run it?
Not to mention the potential for damage to electronic systems which could cause chaos.