Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey September 24 Event Summary (Report #45) REPORT TIME & DATE: 4:00 PM EDT | Sunday, September 24, 2017 INCIDENT START DATE: Friday, August 25, 2017 PRIMARY LOCATION(S): TX, LA, FL, GA, NC, SC, Puerto Rico, & USVI REPORT DISTRIBUTION: Public Note: DOE will continue to phase out information related to Hurricanes Irma & Harvey as appropriate and may begin to provide a separate report in needed. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hurricane Maria made landfall on the southern coast of Puerto Rico around 6:15 AM EDT on Wednesday, September 20, after passing approximately 15 miles south-southwest of St. Croix. As of Sunday, Maria continues is moving north, in the western Atlantic, 530 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras. DOE is supporting response efforts for Hurricane Maria and continues to support restoration efforts from both Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. ESF #12 responders are deployed to St. Thomas and St. Croix in support of FEMA Incident Management Assistance Teams and responders are staged to deploy Puerto Rico. ESF #12 responders are also deployed to the National Response Coordination Center and an advanced team from the Western Area Power Administration is on St. Thomas to provide mutual aid support to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Responders in Florida have demobilized. Electricity Sector Summary (as of 2:30 PM EDT Sunday) • Florida: 7,851 customer outages (<1% of total state customers) • Puerto Rico: Nearly all 1.57 million electricity customers in Puerto Rico continue to be without power following the Hurricane Maria. PREPA is performing damage assessments, working to restore power to some critical facilities, and initial mutual aid crews from New York have arrived • USVI: The majority of customers on St. Croix were reported to be without power from Hurricane Maria. St. Thomas and St. John previously experienced extensive power outages from Hurricane Irma. Some critical facilities on all three islands have been reenergized and damage assessments for restoration planning are underway. DOE Western Area Power Administration Crews have arrived on St. Thomas to support damage assessments and restoration efforts • DOE is working closely with the local governments, FEMA, and industry to facilitate mutual aid Oil and Natural Gas Sector Summary (as of 2:30 PM EDT Sunday) • DOE, FEMA, DLA, and other Federal partners are working to facilitate fuel deliveries across the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for generators at critical facilities and response efforts PAGE 1 OF 17 SITUATION REPORT September 24, 2017 HURRICANE MARIA OVERVIEW As of 11:00 AM EDT, Hurricane Maria was 300 miles east-northeast of Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, and 475 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina moving north at 9 MPH with maximum sustained winds of 105 MPH (category 2). Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 240 miles. Maria is expected to continue moving north through Monday. On the forecast track, the core of Maria will be moving well east of the United States southeast coast during the next two days. Page 2 of 17 SITUATION REPORT September 24, 2017 Hurricane Maria ELECTRICITY SECTOR IMPACTS TO PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ELECTRICITY OUTAGES AS OF 2:00 PM EDT 09/24/2017 Current Confirmed Percent of Confirmed State Impacted State 24-hr Peak Customer Outages Customer Outages Customers without Power Puerto Rico 1,569,796 100% 1,569,796 Total 1,569,796 -- -- Puerto Rico • The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) continues to report near 100% of total customers in Puerto Rico remain without power, with the exception of facilities on generators. o PREPA believes it will be able to restore power to Centro Medico and the main convention center in San Juan within the next one to two days. • PREPA’s Executive Director, Ricardo Ramos, issued a statement Thursday night announcing that PREPA will not resume regular operations until Monday, September 25, 2017 in an effort to avoid jeopardizing the safety of its employees. Only employees with functions within PREPA’s emergency plans and other select individuals should report to work until then. • Governor Rosselló has extended the island’s curfew and dry laws for an indefinite period to support response activities. Residents not identified as supporting the response efforts must remain in their homes and shelters from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM local time until further notice. • DOE is coordinating with PREPA, FEMA, and industry to transport crews to the island to provide mutual aid, as needed. Initial crews from New York have arrived to support damage assessments. Page 3 of 17 SITUATION REPORT September 24, 2017 U.S. Virgin Islands • As of the afternoon of Thursday, September 21, the majority of the 25,000 customers on St. Croix were reported to be without power. St. Thomas and St. John previously experienced extensive power outages from Hurricane Irma, with restoration focusing on critical facilities. • Assessments will be made over the next several days to determine the extent of damage to VIWAPA’s distribution systems. Restoration plans for both districts will be developed and made public once the damage assessment process is completed. The complete restoration schedule cannot be developed until the conclusion of the assessment phase. • DOE is working closely with industry and FEMA to facilitate mutual assistance for the USVI. St. Thomas & St. John • There is limited electricity distribution on St. Thomas. Portion of several feeders are partially energized. The Cyril E. King Airport is currently not receiving power, but VIWAPA attempting repairs and expects to re-energize the feeder for the airport tonight, Sunday, September 24. • Western Area Power Administration’s eight-person advance team has arrived on St. Thomas and has begun damage assessments and restoration work on the island in support of VIWAPA • Key water processing facilities are providing potable water in St. Thomas and St. John; however, there have been some issues maintain consistent operations. • Additional materials for restoration efforts are expected to arrive mid-next week St. Croix • On St. Croix, the Henry E. Rohlsen airport had been reenergized. Service continues to the Juan F. Luis Hospital. Crews were deployed Friday to begin the clean-up of fallen pole, transmission lines, and other damaged electrical equipment. • Crews continue to work to support the water processing plant on St. Croix, with support from federal partners. Page 4 of 17 SITUATION REPORT September 24, 2017 OIL & GAS SECTOR PORTS • The U.S. Coast Guard has set the following conditions for ports and waterways in Sector San Juan. All ports in the sector are listed. Status of Ports as of 2:00 PM EDT 09/24/2017 Average Date Port Imports Status Stamp (b/d)A Puerto Rico San Juan 64,000 Open with restrictions. Daylight hours only. 09/23/17 Ponce 45,000 Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Guayanilla Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/24/17 Yabucoa 38,000 Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/24/17 Arecibo B, C Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Catano B Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Fajardo Open with restrictions. 09/24/17 Guanica Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Guayama B, C Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Mayaguez B, C Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Roosevelt Roads B Closed. (Serves Navy Base). 09/24/17 Salinas/Aguirre B, C Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 Tallaboa Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/19/17 U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted, St. Croix 30,000 Port Condition Zulu. Closed. 09/18/17 Limetree Bay, St. Croix Open with restrictions. Max draft 45 feet. 09/23/17 Daytime operations only. Krause Lagoon, St. Open with restrictions. Max draft 45 feet. Croix Daylight transit only. Frederiksted, St. Croix Closed. Verifying no shoaling concerns; once 09/24/17 complete will open with daylight restrictions St. John B, C Cruz Bay is open with restrictions. Daylight 09/24/17 transit only. St. Thomas B, C Ports of Homeport Pier, Crowley, Tropical 09/24/17 Shipping Terminal, Sandfill, WAPA, Red Hook, and East and West Gregorie Channels are open for daylight operations only. Charlotte Amalie Harbor remains closed 9/24. A All petroleum products, excluding asphalt. B No direct foreign imports but receives petroleum products from larger ports by barge. C Receives fuel for oil-fired power plant. Source: Receipt data from U.S. Customs via Reuters EIKON (Jan-Aug. 2017 average) Page 5 of 17 SITUATION REPORT September 24, 2017 Hurricane Irma ELECTRICITY SECTOR IMPACTS TO CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ELECTRICITY OUTAGES AS OF 2:30 PM EDT 09/24/2017 Source: EAGLE-I and additional utilities not captured in EAGLE-I Current Confirmed Percent of Confirmed State Impacted State 24-hr Peak Customer Outages Customer Outages Customers without Power Florida 7,851 <1% 10,189 Total 7,851 -- * *There is no sum of the Peak Customer Outage column because peaks for individual utilities occur at different times; a total would not reflect peak outages. Florida • This will be the last update on Florida electricity data pending any significant changes. • As of 2:30 PM EDT, September 24, Florida has 7,851 customer outages (<1% of total state customers) according to EAGLE-I and additional utilities not captured in EAGLE-I. Due to heavy storms in the state Saturday night into Sunday morning, Hurricane Irma is not the sole cause of outages in Florida. o Keys Energy Service has 3,239 customer outages. o As of Sunday afternoon, Lee County Electric Cooperative reported less than 1% of its customers, around 2,000, are without power. o Duke Energy Florida has 1,187 customer outages. • Gulf Power’s storm crews have completed restoration efforts for FPL and have returned to a normal operating schedule.