"Oh you wish to enter the rotary? Here let me stop and let you in."

"I see you want to merge onto the interstate, I'm going to slow down to 20 mph to let you in".

how about they reduce their operating costs as a business/utility that's regulated and stop passing everything to the end user/consumer we can't support every hike/raise and cost they encounter specifically in these cold months possibly leading to recession and lost jobs.

The glaciers only retreated so they could get more stone.

I loathe Nice people in traffic. Like yeah i appreciate what you are trying to do but jfc just worry about yourself and GTFO my way!

The Vermont standoff

I had a issue yesterday. He was there 1st and refused to go

Someone did the numbers and above ground lines are cheaper for the power companies.

No! Not unless you change minimum wage to a livable wage!

Correct. Time to end this flat out inequity in service, price and benefit from a basic public good.
Vermont can do better.

Question is, do our legislators care?

Where are these regions in which underground utlities are not incredibly expensive? With, y'know, actual numbers to back your statement up.

I love how I have been gardening in the same spot for years and still pull giant ass rocks out of the soil I till yearly.

Yeah...So the whole reason we have utility co-ops is because GMP and the "big players" were unwilling to run cable to a lot of the rural areas.

I think you got your answer but I’ll add that it’s really hard to fix broken power lines under ground versus if they’re above ground. You have to disable huge sections of the power grid to perform troubleshooting and identify the broken lines. Then it’s a huge pain in the ass and takes a long time to pull the lines and replace them.

Look up the origins of Star Pudding Road and get back to me

Some neighborhoods do.

They just finished doing this in downtown Waterbury. The process took about 3 years with having to put in new sidewalks and everything.

This wasn't in VT, but on a hike up Mt. Garfield a few years ago I passed a guy who said to me, out of the blue, "whoever said 'leave no stone unturned' never visited New Hampshire"

Well the solution then is to go solar and tell your utility to disconnect you. I won't hold my breath.

Right over the bridge from Vermont

Okay have my upvote for the day then-see if i care

Just a few thousand customers for most of those. The thought that when they pay significantly more for electricity they should eat the loss is just silly. At least for those of us with GMP they are not trying to raise rates because they smartly do not contract for electricity generated from fossil fuels.

Trying to imagine the fat cat CEO of Morrisville Water & Light out on his yacht right now. Ya no not really.

We are not only sand and we have frost here that moves rocks and breaks power lines and such calf. Does not freeze for the most part

Love it.
"Oh wow, guys! There's this crazy new thing other people are doing! Did you know we can... BURY our power lines?! Spread the word!"

Do you want to wait until spring thaw to fix wiring problems? And we can't "just dig" through rock. We'd have to blast the neighborhood.

It's time spent in the woods exercising, it's thoroughly enjoyable to most people who do it. Not everything is relatable to dollars, but if you must, I can certainly think of less lucrative activities we all engage with every day.