Statements in Favor of Undergrounding

GCNH and URI letter urging DEEP to plan for maximum undergrounding of utility wires in its Comprehensive Energy Plan, December 13, 2012  The arguments made are given new urgency by the probable increased reliance on electricity to achieve a non carbon energy economy, as well as the  increased reliance on internet communication.  The more frequent and severe storms predicted to occur due to climate change will cause the above ground  pole and wire distribution system to fail much more than in the past and cause significant and costly socioeconomic disruption.  

"Buying the Lines Why How -- Benefits and Excuses," by Elizabeth Hopely, December 2020  This statement summarizes numerous benefits of undergrounding electric and communication distribution wires, and addresses excuses given for not undergrounding.