Dive Summary:
- Pepco, Washington D.C.’s largest utility, finished restoring power to its own customers, but will redeploy crews to the northeast as part of the industry’s Mutual Assistance Program.
- EEI, which owns Pepco, said that 65,000 line and transmission workers, network personnel, and substation experts are available to provide aid.
- President Barack Obama spoke to representatives from utilities earlier this week about ways to remove roadblocks and red tape that hinder crews from quickly reaching areas most in need.
From the article:
Though Pepco finished its power restorations last night, the utility company's storm response efforts are still far from over.
Pepco crews are now redeploying to the Northeast to join with other utility crews from across the U.S. and Canada as part of the industry's Mutual Assistance Program, the national effort to restore power to those still without, which transcends state lines and service areas. ...
