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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, AEP Texas, an energy delivery company that serves |
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more than one million electricity customers, played an admirable |
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role in the Hurricane Harvey recovery effort by quickly restoring |
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power to homes and businesses in affected communities; and |
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WHEREAS, The devastating Category 4 hurricane made landfall |
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on August 25, 2017, in the Coastal Bend area of AEP Texas' service |
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territory, which spans nearly 100,000 square miles; the havoc |
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caused by the storm included widespread damage to distribution |
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poles, transmission structures, and other assets and the loss of |
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power to some 220,000 of AEP Texas' customers; and |
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WHEREAS, AEP Texas promptly deployed crews to repair and |
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replace downed and damaged equipment numbering in the thousands, |
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and at the peak of the restoration effort, around 5,600 workers were |
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helping to reconnect power service in neighborhoods that the storm |
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left in the dark; thanks to the hard work of these dedicated |
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individuals, 549 downed or damaged transmission structures, 5,500 |
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distribution poles, and 3 million feet of conductor were replaced, |
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and 96 percent of AEP Texas customers regained electricity within |
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14 days; this monumental task was made possible, in part, through |
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the cooperation of other Texas utilities, the Electric Reliability |
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Council of Texas, and regional mutual assistance groups, and |
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employees of the company also benefited from an outpouring of |
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support from community leaders and the public; and |
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WHEREAS, Hurricane Harvey inflicted unprecedented damage on |
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the energy infrastructure of many Texas communities, but AEP Texas |
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rose to this formidable challenge to meet the needs of its |
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customers, and all those who contributed to this vital undertaking |
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may take great pride in their work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize AEP Texas for its efforts to restore |
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electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and extend to the |
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company and its employees sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |