I didn’t say the state or tax payers should do anything. I didn’t suggest a solution. I simply responded to the question.

I hope you get a hug today.

The question was why does NH lose power? The answer is because the power lines are not underground. The cost associated with fixing an outdated and ineffective infrastructure wasn’t part of the question. Or answer.

Relax.

I remember after the great ice storm of 2008 when people were without power for weeks and we had crews from all over the northeast come to NH to help and again 2 years later we had multi day state wide outages the reason given against burying the lines is the expense to dig them up to fix . But if they were underground, we wouldn’t have lost power in the first place. The cost / time to access an occasional power line issue in the ground is far less expensive and can be done faster than major wide spread outages and upkeep of old poles.

NH won’t bury the power lines.

Me, too. Primary eve, especially if there is no incumbent, is one of my favorite nights in downtown Manchester. I would be so sad if we no longer had that unique NH tradition.