Stephen Bailey (Letters, May 27) unfairly characterizes overhead electric distribution and transmission lines in the same category as graffiti.
Unlike graffiti, electricity and a community's power system are essential to deliver the energy to run our homes and businesses.
Mr. Bailey's assertion that undergrounding of these lines would cost only "a little extra money" is incorrect, since undergrounding facilities typically costs far more than an equivalent overhead system. That is why all utilities, including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, must carefully plan expenditures for underground systems and, in some cases, overhead extensions are still necessary.
