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The 2017 Hurricane Season: a Review of Emergency Response and Energy Infra- Structure Recovery Efforts THE 2017 HURRICANE SEASON: A REVIEW OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ENERGY INFRA- STRUCTURE RECOVERY EFFORTS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 2, 2017 Serial No. 115–72 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 28–115 PDF WASHINGTON : 2018 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:53 Mar 12, 2018 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\USERS\WLAUFERT\DESKTOP\115X72X2017HURRICANESWORKING WAYNE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE GREG WALDEN, Oregon Chairman JOE BARTON, Texas FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey Vice Chairman Ranking Member FRED UPTON, Michigan BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois ANNA G. ESHOO, California MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee GENE GREEN, Texas STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois GREGG HARPER, Mississippi G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey DORIS O. MATSUI, California BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky KATHY CASTOR, Florida PETE OLSON, Texas JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia JERRY MCNERNEY, California ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois PETER WELCH, Vermont H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia BEN RAY LUJA´ N, New Mexico GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida PAUL TONKO, New York BILL JOHNSON, Ohio YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York BILLY LONG, Missouri DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana KURT SCHRADER, Oregon BILL FLORES, Texas JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, III, Massachusetts SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana TONY CA´ RDENAS, California MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma RAUL RUIZ, California RICHARD HUDSON, North Carolina SCOTT H. PETERS, California CHRIS COLLINS, New York DEBBIE DINGELL, Michigan KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota TIM WALBERG, Michigan MIMI WALTERS, California RYAN A. COSTELLO, Pennsylvania EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER, Georgia JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY FRED UPTON, Michigan Chairman PETE OLSON, Texas BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois Vice Chairman Ranking Member JOE BARTON, Texas JERRY MCNERNEY, California JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois SCOTT H. PETERS, California ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio GENE GREEN, Texas GREGG HARPER, Mississippi MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia KATHY CASTOR, Florida ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia PETER WELCH, Vermont BILL JOHNSON, Ohio PAUL TONKO, New York BILLY LONG, Missouri DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana KURT SCHRADER, Oregon BILL FLORES, Texas JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, III, Massachusetts MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina RICHARD HUDSON, North Carolina FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey (ex KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota officio) TIM WALBERG, Michigan GREG WALDEN, Oregon (ex officio) (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:53 Mar 12, 2018 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\WLAUFERT\DESKTOP\115X72X2017HURRICANESWORKING WAYNE CONTENTS Page Hon. Fred Upton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, opening statement ................................................................................................ 2 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 3 Hon. Bobby L. Rush, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement ................................................................................................ 4 Hon. Greg Walden, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon, opening statement ................................................................................................ 5 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 6 Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, opening statement .......................................................................... 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 9 WITNESSES Patricia Hoffman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Department of Energy ................................................. 10 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 13 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 233 Ray Alexander, Director of Contingency Operations, Army Corps of Engi- neers ...................................................................................................................... 17 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 19 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 244 DeAnn T. Walker, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas .................... 23 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 25 Robert F. Corbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Petroleum Reserves, Department of Energy ......................................................................................... 37 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 39 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 251 Frank Rusco, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office ............................................................................................ 45 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 47 Thomas A. Fanning, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Com- pany, on Behalf of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council ................. 101 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 103 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 255 Julio A. Rhymer, Sr., Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority ...................................................................... 114 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 116 Chet Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers ............................................................................. 125 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 127 Max E. McBrayer, Jr., Chief Supply Officer and Chief Financial Officer, RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc., on Behalf of the National Association of Conven- ience Stores and the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America 144 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 146 Ramon-Luis Nieves, Attorney at Law, Former Member, Senate of Puerto Rico ........................................................................................................................ 155 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 157 Catherine B. Kennedy, Vice President, National Nurses United ........................ 170 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 172 (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:53 Mar 12, 2018 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\WLAUFERT\DESKTOP\115X72X2017HURRICANESWORKING WAYNE IV Page SUBMITTED MATERIAL Letter of November 3, 2017, from Eugene Dacus, Director, Office of Congres- sional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to Mr. Upton, submitted by Mr. Olson 1 Letter of October 31, 2017, from Ricardo L. Ramos Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, to American Public Power Association and Edison Electric Institute, submitted by Mr. Olson ................ 213 Letter of November 1, 2017, from Susan N. Kelly, President and Chief Execu- tive Officer, American Public Power Association, to Mr. Upton and Mr. Rush, submitted by Mr. Olson ............................................................................ 215 Letter of October 31, 2017, from Sue Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Public Power Association, and Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute, to Ricardo L. Ramos Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, submitted by Mr. Olson ......... 219 Letter of November 1, 2017, from Stephen J. Ubl, President and Chief Execu- tive Officer, PhRMA, to Mr. Upton and Mr. Rush, submitted by Mr. Olson .. 220 Statement of Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, by John J. Conti, Acting Administrator, with supplemental material, Novem- ber 2, 2017, submitted by Mr. Olson 2 Letter of November 2, 2017, from Scott Whitaker, President and Chief Execu- tive Officer, AdvaMed, to Mr. Upton and Mr. Rush, submitted by
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