15 Jan 2018

Task Force Power QA of the Week

Task Force Power's Ceiba Area Office in Puerto Rico has recognized Anthony Huffman, Lock and Dam Operator from our Operations and Readiness Division, Racine, as its Ceiba Area Office's "QA of the Week" for the period 7-13 January 2018. Anthony serves as an Emergency Power QA (Quality Assurance) Representative.

8 Jan 2018

Task force safety seeks to reduce potential for traffic mishaps

A crew from Fluor subcontractor MasTec lifted a 30-foot wooden utility pole for use in electric power restoration on a winding road in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, Jan. 6, under the watchful eye of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Power Restoration Safety Manager Bill Pioli. His focus on this day was traffic safety.

7 Jan 2018

Terrain, tropics and topography

Terrain, tropics, and topography are among the challenges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are overcoming as part of the ongoing operation, Task Force Power Restoration, throughout the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, following the catastrophic hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017.

5 Jan 2018

Microgrid technology brings vital electricity to Puerto Rico’s hardest hit towns

In a continuing mission to restore critical electrical power to the people of Puerto Rico, Task Force Power Restoration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is using microgrid technology to temporarily power areas that have been hardest hit by Hurricane Maria.

4 Jan 2018

USACE deputy visits Task Force Power in Puerto Rico

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. Donald E. "Ed" Jackson visited Task Force Power Restoration at the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Jan. 4 to get an update on the mission and to meet team members.

1 Jan 2018

Task Force Power’s husband, wife team deliver ‘inseparable’ disaster support

Evan and Leah Morgan have been inseparable since 2010, their freshman year at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. The husband and wife team from Huntington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, knew they wanted to support the recovery mission in Puerto Rico. The only consideration was timing: would the stars align so this couple could deploy together? The answer came on Nov. 14, when Leah, a district contract purchasing agent, deployed to Puerto Rico to support the Task Force Power Restoration mission. Evan, a civil engineer, wouldn’t join her until Dec. 22.

30 Dec 2017

Task Force Power Restoration operations chief bids fond farewell

Philip R. Tilly, a program manager with the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was making final plans in September for a promised road trip he and his wife, Jeanne, of 35 years, would take to Acadia National Park in Maine, and a week-long retreat to Hocking Hills in southeastern Ohio.

29 Dec 2017

Huntsville Center architect helps fellow employee’s family in PR

Like many members of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, who have been deploying to help residents of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Neriah Holly volunteered to help people he didn’t know. But less than a day before his departure in early November, an unexpected request from a fellow employee made his mission a lot more personal.

28 Dec 2017

Work continues through the holidays to restore power to Cidra residents

Residents and businesses of Cidra are poised to get their electricity back online, thanks to the continued mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Power Restoration team through the holidays.

28 Dec 2017

Corps on track to deliver Puerto Rican citizens life-sustaining power

In an effort to help Puerto Rican citizens recover from devastation in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Power Restoration continues its mission to restore the island’s electrical power grid Dec. 24.