JULIETTE KAYYEM’S column about the need to modernize our electric infrastructure was so refreshing — someone finally saying what has been so obvious for years (“Pulling the plug on nation’s security,” Op-ed, July 9).
Of course the cost would be astronomical, but couldn’t we at least move wires underground when we redo highways, and when we build new ones?
And as Kayyem says, “What is the pricetag, and impact on customer bills, of modernization investments now as compared to the cost of repairs from the inevitable extreme weather that will regularly bring down the system?”