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20thMaine t1_j0q2frv wrote

Reply to comment by guggabump in Power Outages by pimpwalkjohnson

We say that, but how much money and time is lost repairing the network year after year after year due to relatively predictable events?

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New_Sun6390 t1_j0r2ku4 wrote

The cost of underground utilities is indeed insane. There have been a multitude of studies done on this. Essentially imagine adding $100 a month to your residential electric bill in perpetuity. The cost of repairing the infrastructure that's already in place is much less than the cost to bury everything.

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haditupto t1_j0ri3r5 wrote

Maine has a ton of ledge rock that would make this impractical in much of the state.

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guggabump t1_j0q2ls4 wrote

That’s cost over time though. Putting things under ground would take a ton of investment upfront.

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MaryBitchards t1_j0q2vt8 wrote

It would, and when the underground equipment would at some point inevitably fail, it would take a hella long time to repair it.

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