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Pros and cons of overhead and underground power lines

Overhead

Pros:

  • Less expensive to build and repair
  • Easier to spot faults/damage
  • Can be built on any terrain

Cons:

  • Susceptible to wind, ice and snow
  • More vulnerable to damage from trees and vegetation
  • More vulnerable to blinks caused by animals
  • Susceptible to damage from vehicle collisions

Underground

Pros:

  • Less susceptible to vehicle collisions
  • Not impacted by trees, wind, ice and snows vulnerable to blinks caused by animals
  • Less vulnerable to blinks caused by animals

Cons:

  • More expensive to build and repair
  • Susceptible to flooding
  • Difficult to locate faults/damage
  • Vulnerable to damage from digging

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Turning over the torch

Turning over the torch

After 28 years of service, Engineering Coordinator Rose Welch is ready to pass the torch. “I’m extremely happy that I was able to carry one of the many torches at Dawson PPD for 28 years, and I’m honored to now hand the torch to the next generation of Dawson PPD,” she...

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