Dive Summary:

• Forbes looks at the partnerships and planning sessions that shaped utilities' preparations for Hurricane Sandy.
• Collapsed corporate structures and reserve linemen play key roles for company responses as quick decisions and deployments becomes necessary.
• Ray Johnson, Entergy’s chief information officer, says that his company is "taking a very aggressive look at our infrastructure and data centers and asking what can we do to make them more resilient and less susceptible to interruptions."

From the article:

"... We 'understand that power outages of any duration are hugely disruptive to people’s lives, which is why we are preparing now for Hurricane Sandy, which forecasters are predicting may become the worst storm to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years,' says Brian Wolff with the Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities. We’ve “already begun the process of pre-mobilizing thousands of storm and field personnel.' ..."