Burying the power lines facts sheets and news articles

In the News

Op-ed: "Why aren't the waterfront power lines buried?" 2/27/22 (online)

Op-ed: "Why aren't the waterfront power lines buried?" 2/27/22 (paper)

“Groups allege racism in refusal to bury power lines,” front page, 7/24/21.

Two Letters to the editor:

“Fairness and National Grid,” 8/8/21, by Fox Point Neighborhood Association

“Unsightly power lines have got to go,” 8/22/21, by three business leaders:
                        Sally Lapides, President, Residential Properties Ltd.
                        Mark Hellendung, CEO, Narragansett Brewing Company
                         T.J.McNulty, CEO, Grand Festivals (aka RI Seafood Festival)

Overview

Map of proposed route to bury waterfront power lines

Summary: the case for burial

What’s at stake

Burial funds raised

Chronology of burial campaign

Economic benefits of burial

Economic development

Business support

Power lines reduce property values: Politifact, Providence Jrl., 11/16/14

Support for burial

Petition signers get the vision

List of 78 organizations supporting burial

State-level support

Excerpts from early support statements

Statement at first Energy Facility Siting Board hearing, 6/11/03