The current 10-year railway ministry bonds are yielding 5.2%, compared with 5.04% for the same type of debt issued by the State Grid Corp. of China, the world's largest utility by revenue.
For communities that may not be able to commit resources to a full micro-grid, or may take years to set one up, this type of resource is worth considering.
He is both an anomaly -- most voters live much more "on the grid, " own TVs and follow news on the Internet -- and exactly the type of voter both campaigns are pouring millions of dollars into wooing.