[Durham INC] underground power line story

[Pat Carstensen]

THere is also this story about burying power lines in DC.  Note that it will cost residential consumers up to $3.25 a month and doesn't deal with the little power lines along the roads, just the high-voltage ones.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-usa-power-washington-idUSBRE94E10X20130515

> Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 05:52:30 -0400
> From: aromero at ibiblio.org
> To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
> Subject: [Durham INC] underground power line story
> 
> Just an FYI for those interested in this issue. Spanish power company 
> Iberdrola announced today an investment (yes, they call it an 
> investment) of 400 million euros to bury 125 kilometers of  high voltage 
> power lines and 16 substations. The reclaimed surface area will be used 
> as green space, social or recreational centers, residential and office 
> space. That's what I call entrepreneurial spirit. Obviously, this can be 
> done despite what our backward thinking regional power companies are 
> telling us.
> 
> If you read Spanish, the story is at 
> http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/05/24/madrid/1369400075.html
> 
> Angel Romero
> 
> 
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