LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — After a winter storm left more than a quarter-million Arkansas homes and businesses without power for part of a week, a legislator said Wednesday the state should study whether power lines can be buried at a cost that won’t cripple the typical ratepayer.

An official with the Public Service Commission said the panel could conduct a review but predicted Arkansans would reject the higher bills that would be necessary to move wires underground.