Sentences with phrase «power restoration efforts»

The Edison Electric Institute said the response to Irma is «one of the largest power restoration efforts in US history.»

Justo Gonzalez, the power company's executive sub-director, told reporters that workers were removing a collapsed tower Wednesday during unrelated power restoration efforts near the south coast and an excavator hit the transmission line.

April 18, 2018 - Justo Gonzalez, the power company's executive sub-director, told reporters that a private contractor removing a collapsed tower during unrelated power restoration efforts near the south coast hit the transmission line on Wednesday with an excavator...

Since the storm hit, Puerto Rico's 3.3 million residents have been forced to endure an agonizingly slow power restoration effort, suffering health and environmental harms as bureaucracy, logistical difficulties, and potential corruption hampered progress.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the federal power restoration efforts, said they hope to have the entire island fully energized by May.

The agency, which was not involved in the Whitefish deal, has been tasked with helping the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) with immediate power restoration efforts.

Vox's Alexia Fernández Campbell reported that the Puerto Rican government's own missteps in the reconstruction effort, including botching a massive recovery contract with Whitefish Energy, have further hampered the power restoration effort.

To help the storm recovery and power restoration efforts, Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed 100 National Guard members and 30 vehicles out of Camp Smith in Cortlandt Manor in to the Hudson Valley.

Mutual aid crews from Hydro - Quebec are assisting in the power restoration efforts, and repair crews from Vermont utility Green Mountain Power and the New York Power Authority are due to arrive later today.