Live in MA, bought an old crappy house and wanted to upgrade the electric service for heat pumps and go underground. It was a nightmare, took over a year to just convert an existing service to underground because the telephone pole was at the end of its service life and needed to be replaced before it was touched. Power company requested the replacement but Verizon owned it and didn't give a fuck. It was awful, no power, could not move into the house for months while we waited for Verizon to do their job.