I do question how GP has re-oriented its emergency power restoration strategy after being bought-out by the successor company, and think it needs to be re-examined.

Former GP employees have advised that it was a largely unorganized “cluster” operation and not handled in the efficient and proficient manner GP had used in the past, post hurricane. In other words, the priority of restoration ran amok, and it was largely hit or miss with much inefficiency, poor crew placement, and lack of communication.

We all are relieved — of course — when the power comes back on and tend to quickly and happily forget the misery of going without. However, that does not excuse the inefficiency in restoring it, even when GP can crow about meeting the deadline it set, because with a better plan, ALL power could have been restored sooner and in a more efficient and effective manner.