[idiotsecant]

>It sounds like most of the upgrades are about convenience to the power company. Not anything safety related

It's always painful trying to have discussions related to any kind of physical infrastructure on HN because it's absolutely full of people that assume that physical design and maintenance is somehow the trivial, easy part.

[smileysteve]

This is why American infrastructure is crumbling. People are under the impression that concrete, pipes lasts forever, but it doesn't.