A review by mattrohn
Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest by Andrew Needham

informative medium-paced

4.0

I don't know a lot about the Southwest so was very interested in this book's central theme (that the SW was the one part of the US that was built on electricity) and the combination of urban, indigenous, and business history of how all of that electricity got produced and linked to the millions of new homes built in the region after WWII. Some of the details of utility company competition is pretty dry but worth the read