Few power outages expected: Duke Energy thankful for Imelda track change
AFFECT YOUR MORNING COMMUTE.
>> THIS MORNING, WE KNOW EMELDA
WILL NOT MAKE LANDFALL, BUT
THAT DID NOT STOP UTILITY CREWS
FROM PREPARING FOR THE WORST.
JEFF BROOKS FROM DUKE ENERGY IS
HERE WITH US THIS MORNING TO
TELL US ABOUT HOW THEIR PLANS
ARE CHANGING ALONG WITH THE
FORECAST. JEFF, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE.
WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS
PREPARED. WHAT DID PREPARATION
EFFORTS LOOK LIKE OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE REALLY
COULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
STORM FOR THE CAROLINAS IS
SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WATCHING
FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS AS THE
STORM TRACKS WERE SHOWING IT
COMING ASHORE IN THROUGH
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE
SOUTH CAROLINA. WE REALLY SAW
SCENARIO THAT THAT WAS GOING
TO BE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND
SIGNIFICANT WHEN GAS FOR FOR A
VERY LONG CAREER. COMMON
REMINDED ME A LITTLE BIT OF
HURRICANE FLORENCE WITH ITS
SLOW PACE THAT IT WAS GOING TO
DO AND SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT,
SEEING IT TURN, GO BACK OUT TO
THE EAST. THE CHANGE IN THE
TRACK REALLY WAS WITH A GAS
AND IT WAS FANTASTIC FOR US.
BUT WE DID CERTAINLY PREPARE
FOR THE POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD
HAVE SEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT
OUTAGES. YEAH, AT WHAT POINT DO
YOU GUYS MAKE THE CALL TO TO
CHANGE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING?
YOUR PLANTS?
>> WELL, WEATHER FORECAST YOUR
GAME AND MODELING SYSTEM AND
THAT HELPS US KNOW WHERE TO
PLACE CREWS AND EQUIPMENT AHEAD
OF THE STORM. AND SO WE WE'RE
GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT
TIME PERIOD WHERE WE WOULD HAVE
TO START ALLOCATING RESOURCES,
FIGURING OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO SEE THE IMPACTS. THERE WAS
ALWAYS THE CHANCE FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE STORM. CUT
HER. BUT IT WAS ONLY REALLY
WHEN I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN
AND AND AMERICA STARTED TO PULL
ON IT THAT WE BEGAN TO SEE THAT
CHANGE. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING
FOR THE CAROLINAS. YOU KNOW,
WE'RE WE'RE CELEBRATING OR
OBSERVING THE ANNIVERSARY OF OF
HEALING FROM LAST YEAR. AND IT
JUST WASN'T THE TIME THAT WE
WANTED TO SEE ANOTHER STORM
COME THROUGH HERE. AND SO THIS
WAS THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
THING.
>> YES, IT ABSOLUTELY WAS.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU GUYS DO. JEFF BROOKS