Articles Tagged with ''hurricane''

Bruce Walker, the newly installed assistant secretary in DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, says his recent two-week visit to Puerto Rico showed the need to make the island’s electric grid more resilient against future storms.

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) sent 1,000 power line poles to Puerto Rico last week to help rebuild the electrical grid devastated by Hurricane Maria.

WASHINGTON, September 20, 2017 - Florida gasoline markets are still struggling to recover from the increased demand - sparked by early evacuation orders - and disruption of the supply chains needed to deliver gasoline.

WASHINGTON, September 13, 2017 - As a result of the continuing impacts on refineries near the Gulf Coast and disruption to the fuel distribution system caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt exercised EPA’s emergency fuel waiver authority to help ensure an adequate supply of fuel throughout the country.

WASHINGTON, September 13, 2017 - Hurricane Harvey caused substantial disruptions to crude oil and petroleum product supply chains and increased petroleum product prices.

TEXAS, September 6, 2017 - The tremendous resilience of the Texas petroleum refining industry was reaffirmed Tuesday as refiners began restarting operations after the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey.