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It is $2.5 million per mile. That is order of magnitude more expensive. Houston has 6200 miles of road compared to 640 square miles.

I think $2.5 million is the high estimate, my city is estimating $1 million per mile.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/ar...



Centerpoint website states that they currently operate ~33,000 miles of above ground distribution/transmission lines.

https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/corporate/about-us/c...


There is no scenario where every mile of road is outfitted with buried power lines, especially considering not every mile of road has elevated power lines. What a nonsensical comment.




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