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Realistic-Step2618 t1_j5tiuak wrote

Reply to comment by TurnoverTall in Why does this state seem to lose power so frequently? It’s always related to downed power lines from trees? Or is this a grid issue? by JayBisky

I remember after the great ice storm of 2008 when people were without power for weeks and we had crews from all over the northeast come to NH to help and again 2 years later we had multi day state wide outages the reason given against burying the lines is the expense to dig them up to fix . But if they were underground, we wouldn’t have lost power in the first place. The cost / time to access an occasional power line issue in the ground is far less expensive and can be done faster than major wide spread outages and upkeep of old poles.

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YouAreHardtoImagine t1_j5uu8vm wrote

My area (home) lost power for 6 days and the reason was strictly trees falling on lines, blocking roads, etc. About 2 years later, major clearing was done (including on a state road where they cut back exponentially). Larger poles, better wiring was replaced. We barely lost power again. Maybe for an hour during a bad thunderstorm. It can’t cost more than burying. Imagine blasting in the WM?

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