Xcel has been in touch a couple times about running the wires to our house underground from the pole in the alley.  As usual, it is not cheap—a $1500 surcharge for working in winter.  But it seemed silly to do up a beautiful house only to have wires stuck to the outside of it.  The question is the route—our FloWells will be dug in the vicinity of their path.  Their supervisor Ben Werner offered to reroute the lines—kind of him.  In general, I am happy to work with Xcel.  I’d rather see them as partners helping us set new precedents than a big elephant that we try futilely to push out of the way.