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Underground electric distribution is considerably more reliable than overhead lines. Animals digging up the wire is much more rare than an outage created by an
by bequanna 2y ago
Underground electric distribution is considerably more reliable than overhead lines. Animals digging up the wire is much more rare than an outage created by an animal crawling up a pole and grabbing the line/transformer.
Underground electric is quite widely used in the Midwest and is cost effective vs. overhead lines even in sparsely populated rural areas.
- 15155 2y agoBelow-ground power distribution is cheaper in sparsely-populated rural areas than overhead lines because utility companies can trench the lines directly through anyone's field or in any random ditch - there's no directional boring required (until customer delivery possibly.) Add in the fact that you no longer risk trees taking down lines when they are unkempt and ice-covered and it is probably much cheaper.
- alphabettsy 2y agoDoesn’t seem like it would be cheaper anywhere.