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Metaphor for me is my roof , 1962 construct (fine in it's day) thing was shot and needed a new one. Had a choice ... remove and replace the same exact roof and have all the same problems (wasn't a Cold Roof) or spend about twice the cost and build a modern roof without the old problems ...

call me the guy that called it in advance , putting it underground ... not dozens , not hundreds, but THOUSANDS of miles in Cali going subterranean ! (Customer rates go up ?)

Holy new potatoe caboose , expanded solar and storage ...

Changes at PG&E , they now believe in going underground ... safer , and a better investment. New management new plan.

$50,000,000 settlement ! Probably Insurance Company money but .... damn , fifty millions dollars could have put many miles of Transmission Lines underground

main thing is risk vs. reward , like all decisions ... put it underground, might increase danger for some line workers at some point in the future , okay maybe , burning down an entire town and killing eighty five people with above ground kinda sucks. As far as digging (here anyways) we ran...

When asked to put lines underground the Power Companies scream "it can be up to three times more expensive" , ooooooooo what a hit, even if true in some spots f uck'em I say. Quite profitable utilities are , better and safer investment of their money which they wil make back ten fold , how...

I worked at the ski area summer crew during a huge Snowmaking upgrade , we put uderground and pulled over five miles of three phase , sure some places were tough but it's all doable

PG&E , actually said they are considering putting some transmission lines underground ... for decades the standard answer was it's way too expensive

NPR says 172 , 000 power customers getting cut off today

... yep that was my upgrade , key start and with minimal electrical work it runs the whole house , much easier to run Baghdad Electric and be able to flush toilets and shower ... I can even sleep with the sound no problem

Yep , SF ... why the the big feed is still hot yet no power for thousands.

Can't catch a break there it seems ... cut KW to distibrutor lines , inconvenient to thousands and then the main transmission line starts a big fire

Yeah , that's why I picked Oakland for an example ....

... has to be damn inconvenient , but accidentally burning a whole valley and killing eighty five people isn't very cool either. What's a Power Company to do ? Seems alot of customers are down and it can't be easy. I call my generator "Baghdad Electric" , if I have fuel I can run my...