But, unfortunately, saying 'change the public boards' is theoretically true in much the same way as when open source nerds tell you to write your own software if there's something you've objected to in what's available.
Long term, you're not wrong. But the future is now and the utilities are screwing it up.
Do I know what to do about it? I wish. (Lobby the public utility boards, I guess 😝 )