Squirrels. I've lost it a few times due to them. They'll get up on the lines and jump to the transformers and, well...

Also, in the terrain we have putting them underground is expensive as all hell and can only be done 6 months out of the year.

My parents have co-op, and the co-op trims trees constantly.

My parents also lose power constantly, for hours at a time, because the co-op only does last mile and relies on eversource upstream.

Yeah, because most construction isn't taking place on bedrock.

Running them underground from the pole to a building makes sense. Running them underground everywhere in the terrain we have in this state doesn't.

Part of the improvement is smarter switches. It used to be that if the power went out due to a tree/branch on a line you had to wait for a crew to come out and fix it. Now in many cases, switches automatically reroute power via other lines and you get back on quickly.

My power flickered off for a few seconds at least 10 times, probably more, on Monday. Annoying because it reset the internet router each time, but way better than losing power for hours at a time.

I agree. The woodsy places are expensive unless you can find a trailer.

I'm too lazy to look at a map right now, but I would say look beyond Milford, beyond concord... Nothing in the lower parts of the map unless you're successful or don't mind having a mortgage payment that will follow you until the afterlife.

damn that was close! thankfully youre trucks are good lol

Depends on where you're coming from...

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Hollis is the best.

Wouldn't be slightly higher. Especially in areas where they encounter rock and need to either drill, blast, or both. A lot of people are struggling with utility costs as it is.

What they should do is build the line from Québec to lower electric costs, then maybe use some of the savings to do infrastructure work.

> Look at the delivery fees on your electric bill right now and tell me you seriously want them to rebuild the entire infrastructure underground.

Yes please. I'll take a slightly higher light bill and power that rarely ever goes out over a slightly lower one and I lose power a few times a year.

You are the first person that has ever described me as an "anti-technologist". I work at one of the largest tech companies in the world, remotely over the internet, seated in front of a 55 inch QD-OLED that I use as a monitor. I bought 3 new tvs in the last year and have built a new computer at least every 2 years for the last 20. Knowing how the grid works isn't "anti-technologist". The idea that power companies aren't making money, or that the "northern pass" is the only way to fix that, comes from a hopelessly simplistic view of energy policy that is driven entirely by industry propaganda that says "if only you'd give us everything we want everything would be so much better". You're a mark.

Lol. It’s local delivery that gets broken during storms, not the supply system.

Oddly enough most new construction uses underground conduit for utility wires. I guess the bedrock is only a problem on the roads.

Ah, I believe you are looking for r/marijuanaenthusiasts

Can't think of any

True!

Lyndeborough or New Boston area

Mason, Brookline, Wilton, just go east of Hollis and Milford

Hillsborough, Nashua - Jade Dragon in Merrimack lol ...

Yes, they cut lots of tree in Hollis

thats what anti-techonologists ALWAY whine.

after fighting the electric grid companies tooth and nail for a decade, then you all turn around and whine that your power keeps going out.

if the grid company is not making money, it is going to spend bupkiss keeping the local distribution lines free and clear!

you can not have it both ways

This could be region specific. I’ve never seen them cutting trees proactively before a storm or before the trees even fall. I’ve only seen them after the fact

Most forested state in the nation, or 1% point behind Maine

Mont Vernon?