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D.C. has missed chances to bury power lines

For today’s paper, I wrote about whether it makes sense to bury more power lines — an issue which, as is often the case after major storms, is on the front burner for local politicians. “We need a game-changer,” Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) said yesterday. Read full article >>
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A billion dollars to bury the power lines

United States / Washington D.C. : DeBonis (6 days ago)

More than three months after it was originally scheduled to finish its work, Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s power line burial task force is finally out with recommendations: Spend up to $1 billion to bury the 60 most troublesome “feeder” l... Read Post

D.C. Task Force to Discuss Burying Power Lines

United States / Washington D.C. : DCist (9 months ago)

After just about every big storm, D.C. residents that lose power grouse that Pepco and city officials should just bite the bullet and bury power lines. Today Mayor Vince Gray announced details on a task force that would debate doing... Read Post

D.C. task force will explore burying power lines

United States / Washington D.C. : DeBonis (9 months ago)

Mayor Vincent C. Gray made it official today: A blue-ribbon committee will examine whether more power lines in the city should be buried. The Gray administration said last month that such a committee was coming, and a mayoral order ... Read Post


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