Does conversion from overhead to underground require a unanimous agreement from all property owners within the conversion area before FPL will convert its facilities to underground?
Generally, yes due to the following preconditions for such conversion: Easements: All the easements (property use agreements from owners) must be acquired before an underground electrical distribution system can be installed. To the extent FPL can design around an occasional customer who refuses to provide an easement — without jeopardizing the integrity of its electrical system — FPL will attempt to do so. In the case of converting to underground, this also means deciding whose property will accept the new padmounted transformers that sit above ground, as well as where to put fairly large, above ground switch cabinets that serve whole groups of homes as part of the underground grid. Cost: It’s also necessary for all the requesting parties to determine in advance and agree on how all the conversion costs are going to be allocated among those benefiting from the project before FPL can begin construction. Otherwise subsequent disagreements can bog down the conversion effort and drive up
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