[thackney]

Holy Crap!! 1,200 MegaWatts of power line and you want it buried???

As an electrical engineer, specialized in power system, I must say you know not what you request.

It may be cheaper to build a nuclear power plant instead. Sadly, I'm only slightly kidding.

[woodbutcher1963]

The NEW right of way is only about 35ish miles. They MAY bury only a portion of this. The remainder 3/4 of the state will transit along existing right of ways. It will not be buried.

[Little Bill]

I worked for NSTAR (NU) they know how to bury lines they have been doing it for a hundred years.

The big problem, at least for Eastern Mass is the pipe line chock point in RI. In 2004 or 5 I don't remember I got in to a huge pissing match with ISO NE who wanted my 800 MW on line which I couldn't give them because Algonquin blew up a compressor house up in RI.