this conversation has some seeds for productive discourse, but that doesn’t seem to be the direction that things are headed toward right now.

Why is some unproductive discourse a problem? Why is it so severe that a (hypothetical) thread lock is needed?

upgrading powerlines won’t fix power fluctuations :

It can certainly help

that is due to imbalances between production and consumption,

Those imbalances are usually localised (and so are power cuts, usually). Having multiple paths for power to get from generation to load will increase stability.

no amount of upgraded to transmission capacity is likely to help.

Better connections between Spain and France is certain to help. But EDF don’t want cheap Iberian electricity flooding their export markets.

You listed storage and sources of energy. I’m not saying there can’t be improvements there, but the Grid is the transmission network used to carry the electricity.

More power lines, more/better interconnections with other countries (France). Better load management. That sort of thing.

The point is that the DNC shouldn’t write her out (or show bias, change rules etc.)

It may be what lawyers do, but it is not what a democratic system is supposed to do.

If voters decide Jill Stein is what a democrat stands for, she is a Democrat. It’s not up to whoever controls the DNC to decide that she shouldn’t be a candidate.

The DNC’s Rules & Bylaws committee is expected to vote on Martin’s proposal next month in a virtual meeting.

DNC lawyers argued that the Democratic Party doesn’t owe anyone a fair process and that it has every right to disregard its own rules or interpret its rules how it wants because it is a private organization.