And as anyone who has sat through a winter peak knows, the utilities won't rebuild until the failure costs them something. Imagine if the Bellhaven ring main went down in a February cold snap instead of a mild April night — half the county on rolling outages, industrial tariffs through the roof, and every regulator suddenly very interested. Would that change the capital plan? Only if ratepayers actually held the line at the hearings. I know that's an optimist's fantasy, but it's a start.