On 11/5/2012 9:40 PM, Han wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote in news:k78ql3
:

I'm sure there is an army of bean counters working for the utilities
planing to spend just enough on the infrastructure for it to withstand
average weather events. ^_^

And this liberal is proposing that the NJ BPU and the local and state
authorities should "encourage" the utilities to invest in better, more
"hardened" transmission lines and substations, and to maintain properly the
utility pole infrastructure. Perhaps that should cost money, perhaps even
big money, but that would be an investment, and the rate payers would have
to pay. Poor me.


The trees are the problem.

Trees fall on the lines and break them.

If we really want a more reliable grid, we need to remove the trees
growing near the lines.