In a letter to the state's Public Service Commission in April, a Con Ed executive said that without the cable, "a future electric system emergency" could force the utility to overload parts of its transmission network and jeopardize the reliability of the overall system.
Little or no electricity would mean little or no telecommunications, water or gasoline (the pumps are electric), refrigeration, banking, emergency services, law enforcement or military security.
As for creature comforts, there are electric windows, automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control.
After the natural disaster in March, the Toyota Estima hybrid van, at the time the only car in the brand's lineup with a standard AC outlet, provided emergency electric power in affected communities, Automotive News reported.
Some buildings of this type, such as hospitals, have large diesel- or natural gas-powered emergency electric generating systems that provide power and lighting for critical areas (such as operating rooms).
The NHTSA also said it was working with all automakers to develop postcrash procedures to keep occupants of electric vehicles and emergency personnel who respond to crash scenes safe.
Second, assistive technology such as personal computers (connected to the Internet), assisted-bathing facilities, electric window openers, emergency call systems, property exit sensors, automatic temperature thermostats, telehealth facilities and closed-circuit television (CCTV), by which images of the corridor outside a resident's front door are available to residents through their televisions.
Specifically, the design includes (i) a hydrogen gas detection system, (ii) hazardous location electrical service, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, lighting, and compressed air systems, and (iii) emergency backup electric power system with alarms/monitors/security cameras for the hydrogen R&D facility.
At least, Papa, Mama, and eight-year-old Frankie do, though twelve-year-old Frances barely glances from her books to acknowledge the car "with an electric heart". When an emergency forces her into the driver's seat, quite literally, Frances finds that not only can she operate the car, but she loves doing so and doesn't even get a nosebleed speeding along at ten miles per hour.
