The thing I'd like to call out is the wind-turbines. While it's feasible those not caught in the air blast of a nuclear explosion could still work the present condition in this world probably isn't one where you can produce replacement parts to keep them maintained. They might even end up in the same sort of condition as Shorticus' solar panels to run his radios; there probably won't be anything new any time soon and they're not going to be as effective as they once were.

The old electrical distribution grid is probably shot too.

Really, I can let it run but it'd have to power one thing and one thing only. Pure wind-power isn't enough to be the salvation of any entire 3/4 of a state. So as long as it's maybe powering a few odd nearby telegraph machines I can turn a blind eye this once.