LIPA study shows $33 billion cost to bury power lines

Reliability not significantly improved

A study by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has determined it would cost more than $33 billion to bury all of its transmission lines. The study by LIPA says although the buried lines would save customers from some outages, it would mean raising electric rates 153%. More information may be found at: www.lipower.org/newscenter/pr/2005/mar8.underground.html