Hogwash. It would cost only $12B a year to pay for electricity for the poorest 10 million households. The defense budget was increased by 43B/year in 2018.
You don't think usage would go up dramatically if electricity was free?
You could have a free tier per person.
“Only” $12,000,000,000 / year.
What's more important? People having basic utilities or the latest killer drone?
Comparing costly new services to the national military budget is classic “whataboutism”. The military budget is a popular punching bag. It’s true, about 4% of the US GDP goes to the military. That 4% buys us — and our allies — nearly guaranteed deterrence from major armed conflict. And a lot of that spend goes right back into the economy.
Do you think giving people electricity and housing and education doesn't "go right back into the economy"?