Fairfax - areas with underground power lines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not Great Falls. Power goes out all the time

We have underground power lines in our part of Great Falls, so it depends. We're near McLean, on the Tyson's grid, which is quite robust.

[Anonymous]

Reston

[Anonymous]

I live in Vienna (22180) with overhead power lines and I very rarely lose power.

[Anonymous]

If you are really worried about losing power, get a generator or solar panels with a power wall. Or both if you really want super protection.

[Anonymous]

Any efforts in city of fairfax to bury the power lines?

[Anonymous]

Burke has them underground, but I would think getting a generator and the house you want would give you more flexibility than narrowing your criteria on this.

[Anonymous]

We live in Fairfax County Alexandria and our lines are underground. We never lose power. Fort Hunt area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks OP here - we were looking at the Fairfax county. Any areas maybe in Langley, Oakton, McLean, Woodson school district that may have underground power lines? We are planning to move to the area and the places we have been touring we are not seeing many underground power lines. We currently live in Prince William with area that has underground power lines and have not had any issues with power outage over last 10 years so wanted to check. Appreciate all your responses.

The Great Falls area near route 7 (between Towlston Rd. and Walker Rd, south of Leigh Mill) has underground power lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burke has them underground, but I would think getting a generator and the house you want would give you more flexibility than narrowing your criteria on this.

Not OP, but overhead power lines are ugly, especially in older neighborhoods where the wires tend to be low. Buried looks way nicer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Burke has them underground, but I would think getting a generator and the house you want would give you more flexibility than narrowing your criteria on this.

Not OP, but overhead power lines are ugly, especially in older neighborhoods where the wires tend to be low. Buried looks way nicer.

This is the main reason we want buried lines as well.

[Anonymous]

Well, you’re going to have to live farther out if you want buried power lines.