DOE prepares for the 2007 hurricane season

Department of Energy (DOE) has outlined a number of steps that it is taking to strengthen its hurricane response system in the United States.

BY: admin | Thu Jul 10, 2008

Since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, DOE has made operational and administrative improvements, including coordination between federal, state and local leaders, deployment of trained staff, and improvements to modeling tools.

"Bringing power back online is a critical step in recovering and rebuilding from a disaster and the Department of Energy stands ready to help coordinate fuel delivery to affected areas and remove barriers in energy recovery efforts," Alex de Alvarez, DOE deputy director of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability for Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration says.

To further prepare, DOE's hurricane response system has: