I know it does nothing to help you in your current situation, but this type of BS is just one more reason POTUS needs to liberate us from our 19th century electricity production and transmission technology.
Your barn ought be running on a fuelless LENR or Tesla-type 'radiant energy' system… a little box that makes a gentle hum and is cold to the touch with enough capacity to run an air conditioner, lights, fans, power tools, computer, etc.
When POTUS finally gives the green light to kill the oil/gas industry, we will have these things and county govts will be none the wiser as to where we put them on our property.