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soandso

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11. It's coordinated by public utility companies

Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:57 PM

Oct 4

who, I'm sure, coordinate with FEMA, state and local officials. It's pretty interesting.

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More than 1,200 public power utilities are part of a mutual aid community. With mutual aid, utilities come together before a storm ever happens to agree to share crews and equipment when needed. In the event of a storm, crews from around the region, or all over the country offer assistance to the utility or utilities affected to help them restore damaged parts of the system. For larger events that can be forecast, assisting crews are positioned on the outskirts of the storm to go in and help restore power as soon as it is safe to do so.

https://www.publicpower.org/blog/helping-public-power-utilities-prepare-worst

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