how many storms does it take till they start burying lines underground? how many storms does it take till they start burying lines underground?Our lines are all buried underground but we still had extended power outages for about three weeks following Ike. Local substation sustained a lot of damage.
Too expensive to replace existing lines.
Lots of places going underground with new utilities and slowly moving other infrastructure - huge cost to just methodically move it and whatever money that may have been designated to help it has long since been squandered by the politicians, so costs would be passed on to consumers via rate hikes.
Not very practical in places like Florida and South Louisiana, where the water table is 6-12” below ground surface. And actually, not that much of a problem if the rights of way are KEPT CLEAR OF TREES.
I grew up in a “so small as to be virtually nonexistent” town in S. Louisiana. Electric power by a small REA. They were death on trees along the rights of way, and we rarely lost power....even in hurricanes, and then not for very long.
how many storms does it take till they start burying lines underground?
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Transmission and distribution lines are only one part of the
electric generation and distribution system.
Only the older neighborhoods in our town have above ground power lines and branches to the homes.
Everything since the early 80’s in underground.
But the area still has the above ground feeder lines out on the main roads.
When a tree or car takes out one of those poles a good bit of the city goes dark. The good thing is power is back up pretty quick.
Hard to dry yer skivvies on underground lines .....:o)
But then Gulf States Utilities wouldn't get to mutilate 200+ year old historical live oak trees in places like Baton Rouge for their overhead power lines.
“how many storms does it take till they start burying lines underground? “
You mean the sandy pool that is Florida? Two feet underground is the water table. They sink wells by merely hooking a hose to PVC pipe and pushing it into the ground.
So, how long before the bury their cables? How long before you show them how?