Hoping to prevent another bout of widespread electricity outages, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray moved Thursday to form a task force that will recommend whether the city should bury its power lines.

“I called for a game-changer after the repeated power outages caused by this summer’s severe storms,” Gray said. “The undergrounding task force will finally develop long-term solutions to these all-too-frequent disruptions.”

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