Heritage preservation and reconstruction

[Wannabe Economist]

Indeed having the lines that go into your home wrapped is free. However, the cost here was likely to deal with the lines running along the poles right out front rather than the connection to the house. The cost to do anything to the high voltage lines is insane and 25k doesn't surprise me. In suburban areas the poles are far enough away from the houses that the high voltage lines running between the poles pose no risk but in urban areas where the poles are so close to the facade it's way more dangerous to have workers working on the front of buildings with power lines right behind them. IIRC it's not permitted to work within 10' of the live high voltage lines.