Georgia Power says the utility will have a plan by the end of this month for making safety improvements to the downtown Savannah electrical grid after two recent fires sparked underground explosions. Explosions last week and in August blew off manhole covers and rattled office buildings in downtown Savannah. No one was injured. A top executive says possible options include temperature gauges to monitor underground cables and restraints to keep manhole covers anchored in place. Georgia Power began two years ago to replace the city's aging network of underground cables, but that work won't be finished until 2012.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
