Hurricane Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina

• Recovery Efforts
• Ken Ackerman
• Rural Development Utilities Program

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Hurricane KatrinaRecovery Update

• Louisiana
• Of the 3 electric cooperatives impacted the most
  by Katrina 2 have fully restored power as of
  September 14
• Remaining cooperative has reported that service
  has been restored to approximately 50 of its
  customers as of September 14

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Hurricane KatrinaRecovery Update

• Louisiana
• At Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative,
  officials estimated that 3,500 miles of power
  lines and poles were down resulting in 45,000
  customers without power
• Co-op crews (1200 people) from 9 states as far
  away as Vermont are assisting in power
  restoration

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Hurricane KatrinaRecovery Update

• Mississippi
• 469,500 customers without electric service at one
  time 67
• As of September 14, only 6 of co-op customers
  are still without power (43,121 meters)
• All 25 electric cooperatives suffered some loss
  of service during the storm, 20 have completely
  restored power

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Hurricane KatrinaRecovery Update

• Mississippi
• More than 10,000 co-op crew members from
  Mississippi and 19 other states as far away as
  Delaware are assisting with restoration efforts

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Hurricane Katrina Recovery Update

• Alabama
• Approximately 62,696 meters of reported outages
• 5 Borrowers
• Preliminary damage estimate - 20 million
• Electric service restored by all borrowers
• Statewide
• 148,500 customers without power at one time 30

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Section 12 Deferral

• Section 12(a) of the RE Act provides Borrowers
  with the flexibility to request an extension of
  principal and/or interest in the case of
  financial hardship
• Principal and/or interest can be deferred for a
  period not to exceed 5 years
• Interest deferred will be added to principal and
  loan will be reamortized over the life of the
  debt.

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Hurricane Katrina Recovery Update

• The Telecommunications Program has identified
  27 current telecommunications borrowers serving
  80 of the counties designated by FEMA in the
  disaster area.

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Hurricane Katrina Recovery Update

• Drinking Water Assessment EPA continues
  assessment of damage to local drinking systems
  and providing technical assistance to help
  restore service in Alabama, Mississippi and
  Louisiana. Many systems were disabled or
  impaired by loss of electrical power, and some
  are now operating under boiled water notices.
  The total number of systems that remain affected
  is 1 in AL, 433 in MS, and 469 in LA. EPA has
  two mobile laboratories in MS and 2 in LA.

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Hurricane Katrina Recovery Update

• Wastewater Treatment Facilities EPA continues
  to assess wastewater treatment facilities
  affected is now 114 in LA and 9 in MS. All
  wastewater systems in AL are operating normally.

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National Finance Center

• USDAs National Finance Center in New Orleans was
  evacuated as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
• Staff was directed to alternate work sites in
  Philadelphia, Pa, and in other locations around
  the country.
• Operation is fully functional.