It's Time to Bury Those Ugly Power Lines!
Besides the ruining of beautiful landscape, there seems to be a growing pushed to bury those power lines. FEMA 2021 "In light of the frequent storms, burying the line proved to be a good investment. Installing underground lines costs more initially than overhead lines, but the underground lines are less prone to damage and disruptions, and maintenance is less expensive. In early 2010, Kruse (Lynn Kruse, manager of operations for Dakota Energy Cooperative) estimated the cost of installing one mile of overhead line might be $18,000, compared to $24,000 for one mile of underground line. He explained that the cost for the underground wire fluctuates because it is tied closely to the costs of metals that are used for the wire and petroleum products that are used in the insulation. The cumulative cost of replacing it after each storm would have been far greater than the cost of burying it once." Starting the trend to burying lines Cities like San Antonio, TX; Colorado Springs,