Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of the story mischaracterized the Edison Electric Institute. The story also misstated the payment status of workers from Jacksonville Electric Authority for work performed.When hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit Texas and Florida back to back, utility companies from other states spent just a few hours finalizing contracts to dispatch linemen and bucket trucks to help restore power.But when Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, simply clearing that first step to provide assistance became a complicated process that significantly delayed deploying power crews. The result: 70% of the island remains without power nearly six weeks later. Lakeland Electric, a utility in Central Florida, has both sent and received assistance after multiple storms in recent years, a now-standardized process that allows fleets of trucks to roll out quickly across the country after a disaster. But Lakeland’s general manager, Joel Ivy, said he’s never gone through a process like the one after Maria.Ivy spent the first few days after the storm just figuring out exactly who was in charge. His team spent another week negotiating a contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings, the small Montana company hired by Puerto Rico’s electric authority to oversee the restoration of the island’s power grid.Lakeland’s first linemen finally arrived in San Juan… Read full this story
- TLC, HGTV and Discovery: All the New and Returning Shows Coming Fall 2019
- We've Found Gravitational Waves. Now What?
- Author events: Plan your festival adventure
- ‘No One Else Was Gonna Speak Up’: TMZ’s Van Lathan Emerges as an Unexpected Hero
| Product | ★ |
| Why It Is Not Y2K (A Lesson in Reason, Truth & History) (check at Amazon) | 5.0 |
| Divine Hate - He Who Does Not Believe Will Be Condemned - Why It Is Not To Be Believed (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Your Life: Why It Is the Way It Is and What You Can Do About It - Understanding the Universal Laws (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Is Your Body Trying to Tell You Something? : Why It Is Wise to Listen to Your Body and How Massage and Body Work Can Help (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Defining Success in America: An exploration of success, and why it is so easy for some to achieve (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| As It Is Written...So It Is: Your Guide to Unlock the Power of Your Pen (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| History of Puerto Rico: A Panorama Of Its People (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Living Life for What It Is: Take Heed and Preserve Your Temple (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| eBay Business For Beginners: Exactly How I Make A Six Figure Income With My eBay business and why it is easier than you think (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Kingdom Power & Authority: As It Is In Heaven, So It Is In Earth (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Vital Signs: A Complete Guide to the Crop Circle Mystery and Why It is Not a Hoax (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| A Case for Nuclear-Generated Electricity: (Or Why I Think Nuclear Power Is Cool and Why It Is Important That You Think So Too) (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Paradigm Freeze: Why It Is So Hard to Reform Health Care in Canada (Queen's Policy Studies) (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Are We There Yet?: And why does it take so long to get THERE? (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Why It Is Good to Be Good: Ethics, Kohut's Self Psychology, and Modern Society (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Once a Fan: Why It Is So Hard to Be a Sports Fan (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Gay Marriage : Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Fatal Deception : The Untold Story of Asbestos: Why it is still legal and killing us (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| The New Economy: What It Is, How It Happened, and Why It Is Likely to Last (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Why We Make Art: And Why It Is Taught (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| Overcoming Pain: What It Is, Why It Is, and Successful Ways to Treat It (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
| In Pursuit of Boaz: Why is it taking so long for me to get married? (check at Amazon) | 0.0 |
Puerto Rico power restoration: Why it is taking so long have 724 words, post on www.usatoday.com at October 30, 2017. This is cached page on USA Posts. If you want remove this page, please contact us.
