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JEA CEO Jay Stowe said the utility’s infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme cold weather events similar to February’s record-low temperatures impacting electric and water service to much of Texas.
Stowe said at the utility’s Feb. 25 board of director’s meeting that JEA will form a task force to look at the electric and water systems’ resiliency beyond hurricane preparedness.
“I thought when you were recruiting me that Florida was safe from cold weather. But if you look at the map, Houston and Jacksonville have very similar climates,” Stowe said.
JEA officials will use established emergency management plans, business continuity and resiliency information in place for hurricanes and flooding that will aid the task force in its work.