re: Will anything change with entergy?

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Underground power isn’t all its cracked up to be. For starters, it’s incredibly expensive - over 10x the cost per foot of above-ground lines, and that’s for new installations. So in the case of moving an area’s lines underground, imagine the cost to replace ALL of the poles and ALL of the wire in that area… and multiply it by 10.

Second, underground lines are more susceptible to flood damage. Particularly from salt water, which is a risk with storm surge. And when they are damaged, they are, again, much more expensive to repair.

Moving high-voltage transmission lines underground is probably a non-starter anyway.

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