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Originally Posted by helpplease
Most of the grid itself is very old. Obviously some updates have been had but for the most part the system has remained unchanged. It is inefficeint at best. Examples the meter boxes are one way only they only show customer usage but don't alert the company about power outages. The wires themselves I am sure could be better designed. The relay stations seem to be very prone to one goes and then another goes. There has to be something done about that. I realize they are privately owned but the problem with that is they are not going to spend anymore money then they have to.
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So, what do you propose as the fix for this?
I personally feel that too much public monies have been spent to "repair" what has been working up to this point.
Perhaps certain municipalities could cause the power companies to go underground with their wiring, which would keep them safe from severe storms and such, but it would have to come from the local level, not the Federal level.
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