Why don't you just bury all power lines, or at least put them underground in the areas most prone to outages?
Underground power lines cost up to 3 times as much to install as overhead lines. Because of larger stretches of lines in rural areas, where outages most frequently occur, it would cost customers too much to put in underground service. Underground lines also have unique maintenance problems, so installing them doesn't make the customers immune to outages.

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1. Who do I call if the electricity goes out?
2. What is a municipal electric utility?
3. What does PCA stand for, and what is it?
4. Why is a Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) necessary?
5. Who do I call to report a street light out?
6. Why do I have trouble getting a call through during a power outage?
7. Why can't you tell me specifically when my power will be restored?
8. My neighbors have power - why don't I?
9. Do certain customers get priority in having power restored after an outage?
10. Why does it take so long to get power back?
11. Why can't you prevent outages from occurring in the first place?
12. Why don't you just bury all power lines, or at least put them underground in the areas most prone to outages?