Utilities

    Electric power can also be transmitted by underground power cables instead of overhead power lines. Underground cables take up less right-of-way than overhead lines, have lower visibility and are less affected by bad weather. However, costs of insulated cable and excavation are much higher than overhead construction. Faults in buried transmission lines take longer to locate and repair. Underground lines are strictly limited by their thermal capacity, which permits less overload or re-rating than overhead lines. From electric power plants, to substations, and even light poles on the streets, Texla Directional Drilling bores electrical transmission and distribution lines underground in the safest and most cost effective ways possible.