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[quote=Anonymous]Neighborhoods built after the early 1970’s or so are built with underground utilities in Virginia per code. The cost of underground vs aerial is 10X. In more rural areas the cost is 10X plus. Aerial to underground conversions can be done in older neighborhoods but municipalities expect the utilities to pay and that is not going to happen, those costs will be borne by their customers. Newer homes built in older neighborhoods have their individual drops underground but the underlying distribution infrastructure is still above ground. The derecho of 2012 hit at the end of June resulting in 1.2M homes without power. This past Saturday’s storm was 11 years and a month to the day. The impact was far less unless of course you have a tree in your house/car or were without power for more than 12 hours.[/quote]
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