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There was a segment on this with the news. They have two trunks (anyone dealing in large infrastructure has redundancy in their redundancy) - one from Wrentham, one from Foxboro. The Wrentham one is lit.
I am also willing to bet that their lines are well built subsurface lines, encased in 3 layers of protection to withstand the harshest elements and odd Raider Fans.
I believe that RT1 has fiber buried underneath so there is a decent chance that the power is underground as well.
In a nutshell, it boils down to costs. When a larger commercial entity builds a new facility, they put as much securely underground as possible. Towns and utilities? Nope. It costs 3-5 times as much IIRC to go underground than up on poles. So when Kraft drops 150 million on a stadium, 500K to put utilities hardened underground is a safe investment. Your town however can't afford to do that (though many newer home developments do).
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