So I noticed that the light are still on in Red Rocket despite having no generators there when I first got there. What they do have is a cable to the electricity network ...
So, how feasable and reasonable would it be to repair and expand that network to light up the settlements without having stupid generators everywhere (just backups for turrets). We could sell power to diamond city or something if we don't need all of it.
I would also love to secure facilies that feed the system or build a fusion reactor myself.
The hard part would be to prevent all those evil [censored]s to mess with it. Maybe the the M&Ms can get of their ass and do that.