Totally different context, but somewhat same story. The estimate for network hookup plus meter, panel, and car charger installation for me is CHF 6000. The difference in charging cost between public chargers and home charging is 20 cents a kWh. The payoff time for home charging would be a decade or more. Instead I'll continue using "expensive" public charging until I can afford to make an off grid car charger in my garage.

Network connection costs are a necessary evil of legacy power networks. But paradoxically, they accelerate the financial un-viability of the legacy network, by making off grid way, way more financially viable.