RatLabGuy
You look like a monkey and smell like one too
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Or if you hand them an Imperial tool. Its like an allergy,
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JSJJ388
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Negative. I support the utility company that I pay putting it underground. More than one way to skin a cat.
RatLabGuy
You look like a monkey and smell like one too
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So you're willing to pay much higher rates up front now for that?
That was one of the options I posed.
JSJJ388
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I would indeed be willing to pay a bit higher rate for a better (more reliable) product. Internet and cable is already underground around here. Wouldn't pay double, but if it was 5-10% I'd be on board.
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Duke looked into it about three years ago. The average Duke energy customer would see their power bill increase four fold for 15-20 years to be cost neutral.
Then you get into the conversation of HV transmission underground…
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RatLabGuy
You look like a monkey and smell like one too
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@Ron beat me to it.
This isn't a small percentage increase. It costs many billions to do this kind of infrastructure. Hell our rates are going up 10% just bc they're running new overground lines in from other states.
So where does the money come from?
You can do it at the private (ish) utility level so its spread evenly based on consumption and harder on lower level consumers, or at the state level so its spread across some other factor like income tax, property tax, whatever. Pick a poison.
Or you jusy bitch about the follies of overground power distrobution while enjoying more money in your pocket.