Articles on Undergrounding

The articles selected for inclusion below provide different perspectives and information about the need for undergrounding.  They are arranged in reverse chronological order.   
NOTE:  Articles have been converted from website links to PDFs to avoid removal from websites and pay walls. 

T&D World, "21st Century Costs of Underground Distribution," February 19, 2021, by Mike Beehler.  The article details all the ways in which underground cables have improved in design, construction, operations and maintenance. 

PowerGrid International, August 4, 2021, "Is it time for you to consider undergrounding some of your distribution lines?": Article by Jennifer Runyon reports on strategic undergrounding of some existing distribution lines by Virginia’s Dominion Energy and Wisconsin’s WEC Energy Group in order to increase reliability and reduce restoration times.  Lower costs of undergrounding, new technologies and increased vegetation management costs were important to the decisions.  

CT Mirror, August 27, 2020,  "CT keeps losing power when storms strike.  But that doesn't have to happen" :  This article by Jan Ellen Spiegel provides an overview of CT's problems with power reliability and possible solutions,   including undergrounding.
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New Haven Independent, February 7, 2014, "Clear Trees? Or Bury Power Lines" 
Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2013, "Should Utilities Be Required to Bury Power Lines to Protect Them?"
Popular Mechanics, October 31, 2012, "Should the Northeast Bury its Power Lines to Prevent Outages?"