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a) Burying high voltage equipment creates safety concerns with persoiulel in confined <br />space. <br />b) With secondary voltage equipment being buried, water, dirt and animal <br />contamination does lead to equipment failure and service interruption. <br />c) Finding buried mairlloles or handholes is al~~~ays a challenge. In the winter, gaining <br />access is a problem due to frozen ground. <br />The possibility of different utilities sharing `'utility boxes" thereby reducing the number of <br />"utility boxes" has been looked at. Shared "utility boxes" between different companies <br />creates serious safety and liability concerns. <br />The utility system of buried conductor with equipment and terminations above ground has <br />evolved because it works from a safety code, operations and maintenance perspective. The <br />down side is there will be "utility boxes" above ground. Technology, economics and quality <br />of reliable service has not provided any reasonable alternatives. <br />