The Green Infrastructure Upgrade that Will End Blackouts, Restore Scenic Beauty and Save Billions

By Elizabeth Hopley

The day before Thanksgiving, during families’ last minute errands, a construction supply truck snagged the sagging wires along busy East Putnam Avenue, grinding traffic to a halt. Firemen arrived quickly to untangle the mess and divert traffic, but had to leave the wires strewn in the street until the utility company could restring them back to their precarious perch. It’s unknown how many stores and residents lost power, internet, phone, but it begs the question: Isn’t there a better way for utilities to service customers in the 21st century?

This same story plays out countless times across our town and nation: a fragile 19th century system of exposed overhead wires ea

See Full Page