Energy co. responding to Irma outages gets pass on vehicles from EPA
The EPA says it will exercise its “enforcement discretion” for Duke Energy Florida vehicles and equipment that are being used to respond to power outages in Florida as a result of Hurricane Irma.
Due to logistical circumstances related to ongoing weather and geography-related transportation interruptions caused by the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Duke is not able to obtain adequate supplies of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel needed to operate its fleet of response vehicles. As a result, EPA will exercise its discretion not to pursue enforcement actions for violations of Clean Air Act regulations that pertain to Duke's use of dyed diesel reserves in vehicles and equipment being used to respond to power outages across Florida.