[Lorianne]

I can never understand why this country doesn’t convert to underground electic lines. Every winter we have this, every hurricane, every windstorm.

For what it costs repairing these lines/poles every damn time we could have put the lines underground 10 times by now.

[mylife]

What? a ruin the skyline?

[Rennes Templar]

I think the tricky part with underground lines is the need to have to dig every time someone hooks on to them, or when they need repair, which is much more expensive than climbing up a pole. So I don’t know if it would save money in the long run.

Re your tagline: true they don’t own the home but they do own the equity they’ve built in paying on the mortgage, albeit subject to markets whims.

[PAR35]

Distribution lines shouldn’t be a problem to bury. Heat’s the issue with the big cross country transmission lines.

[thackney]

I can never understand why this country doesn’t convert to underground electic lines.

Because the cost is 8~12 times when first installed. Because the cables are insulated and in the damp, they have a much shorter life than aerial cable.

When there is a failure, it takes much longer to find the fault and much longer to repair.