U.S. energy industry response to severe weather : hardening and resiliency efforts / Ilya Bertolucci, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bertolucci, Ilya.

Series:

Energy Science, Engineering and Technology

Energy science, engineering and technology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy industries--United States.

Energy industries.

Weather--Economic aspects--United States.

Weather.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an effort to better understand what actions the energy industry has taken in response to the 2005 and 2008 hurricane seasons, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (DOE/OE) conducted research to identify specific industry efforts related to storm hardening and resiliency. This book focuses on the measures that refiners, petroleum product pipeline operators, and electric utilities in the Gulf Coast have taken to harden their assets and make energy supply to the Southeast more resilient. Discussions with the public utility commissions identified

Contents:

""U.S. ENERGY INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO SEVERE WEATHER. HARDENING AND RESILIENCY EFFORTS""; ""U.S. ENERGY INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO SEVERE WEATHER. HARDENING AND RESILIENCY EFFORTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HARDENING AND RESILIENCY: U.S. ENERGY INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO RECENT HURRICANE SEASONS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""FOCUS OF THE STUDY""; ""PETROLEUM INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""HARDENING AND RESILIENCY CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX A. SELECTED HARDENING AND RESILIENCY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS""

""Chapter 2: COMPARING THE IMPACTS OF THE 2005 AND 2008 HURRICANES ON U.S. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE""""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""STORM PATHS""; ""ELECTRICITY""; ""NATURAL GAS""; ""PETROLEUM""; ""APPENDIX TABLES""; ""Chapter 3: STATEMENT OF PATRICIA HOFFMAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. HEARING ON ''WEATHER-RELATED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES''""; ""DOE�S ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES""; ""REPORTING ON ENERGY EMERGENCY SITUATIONS""; ""ONGOING EFFORTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 23, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-945-8

OCLC:

868963067