The rail and general transport relevance here is not just having enough electric power but budgeting. Newsom may find himself in a corner where big State bailout money(maybe even for a purchase if the radicals prevail)must be found in a hurry.
Money could come out of the hide of PBCAHSR and base tunnels at Pacheco and Palmdale torpedoed. T.S. for Guardino-Liccardo and Antonovich-Zoeller.