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Utility Company Conservative about Upgrading Infrastructure

How many hundreds of poles do you have to replace every year due to storms, how much does cost to the taxpayers that over 20 years. Every year for decades every major city in the United States has to endure down power lines that results with the lack of heating and electricity, and other utilities from storms. Our government thinks only in short term rather than long term investment to our infrastructure system. They don't understand how embracing new technologies will enhance the lifestyle and productivity of all Americans. The storm activity will get worse every year due to high Solar flares and climate change. How many more Katrina and Sandy type storms will it take for action to be implemented? People care more about not having power outages every year as we have experienced than a few more cents for electricity. Maybe an investment in solar, wind, and geothermal power along with nuclear is a partial solution. Thumper detection technology for detecting underground fault