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Cheney orders rural electric crews to work on oil pipeline from Texas
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of WKYC (Ohio NBC affiliate)
Posted: November 23rd, 2006
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=40633
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina roared through South Mississippi knocking out electricity and communication systems, the White House ordered power restored to a pipeline that sends fuel to the Northeast. That order...delayed efforts by at least 24 hours to restore power to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems. Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Mike Callahan said the U.S. Department of Energy called him [stating that] opening the fuel line was a national priority. Manager Dan Jordan said Vice President Dick Cheneys office called and left voice mails twice shortly after the storm struck, saying the Collins substations needed power restored immediately. Callahan said energy officials told him gasoline and diesel fuel needed to flow through the pipeline to avert a national crisis from the inability to meet fuel needs in the Northeast. Our concern was that...it would be a national crisis for Mississippi, Callahan said.
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