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i read from some people in that field that it was basically unreasonable to try to fund for something like that. and that it wouldnt completely stop power outage.

unreasonable for houston i think it was. houston is i think the largest or second largest city in america besides a city in alaska.

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Nordic countries mandate that private electric companies move their cables (last mile and between power stations) underground, even in rural areas to reduce likelihood of outages.

The process has been ongoing for many years now. One way to incentivize it is to mandate high reimbursements to customers on outage.

Do they mandate that is cities build on what is essentially a swamp?

Yes. Cables are fine submerged and all the rest of the installation is above ground.

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