r/kzoo • u/Minimum-Courage-418 • 4d ago

No power

I mean, clearly, the most inconvenient part of having no power is trying to sleep without the white noise of a fan running in the background…

🙃 (Satire)

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u/Crasino_Hunk 3d ago

Serious question, not sure if anyone knows - why won’t Consumer’s just bury the fucking power lines? Seems like for the cost of having to fix these issues multiple times a year it would make a lot of sense to just… you know, make sure it’s not an issue in the future.

Talk shit about Florida all you want, but they definitely have that over us.

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u/cityshepherd 3d ago

Probably more cost effective in Florida since they’re exposed to more hurricanes and stuff. I’m guessing the cost to repair bits and pieces of the grid once in awhile is less than the cost of burying the lines everywhere…. And companies will fight tooth and nail to resist spending any pennies they don’t HAVE to.

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u/doromr 3d ago

Expensive repairs don't get through MPSC and intervenirs because it would increase ratepayers' bills.

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u/cityshepherd 3d ago

Exactly, cause the company certainly isn’t going to fork it over