Burying Power Lines Prevents Wildfires. But There's a Cost

Investigators are eying the Lahaina wildfire as yet another deadly blaze started by electrical equipment. Putting lines underground would help—at a steep cost.

Bare electrical wire, leaning utility poles seen as possible cause of deadly Maui fires

Hawaii's top power utility accused of years of mismanagement before the deadly wildfires

With wildfires increasing, the threat to utilities is also on the rise - Northwest Public Broadcasting

California's biggest utility plans to bury 10,000…

Burying power lines could prevent some future outages, but the astronomical cost might be too much to bear

PG&E Will Bury 10,000 Miles of Power Lines So They Don't Spark Wildfires : NPR

How Does the U.S. Power Grid Work?

Costs be damned: Austin wants to bury power lines

Underground power lines don't cause wildfires. But they're really expensive