UK Prime Minister David Cameron has also been pushing to upgrade the UK's electricity infrastructure by the end of the decade.
"It takes a little while to know" what the situation is on the ground, especially if the storm damaged internet and electricity infrastructure.
He said his government opposed new steel pylons - planned by the National Grid - to export power generated by wind energy into the wider electricity infrastructure.
New York's electricity infrastructure resembles its highway system, prone to saturation.
Assassinations of political leaders and sabotage of the country's oil and electricity infrastructure occurred almost daily.
The Army Corps projects were generally larger and included efforts related to oil, water and electricity infrastructure.
It will allow energy companies to charge households an extra £7.6bn to pay for low-carbon electricity infrastructure.
About 30percentt of the money in the next round of contracts is for construction and restoration of electricity infrastructure.
"When we talk about cyberwar we are talking about attacks on water, electricity, infrastructure, but Anonymous does not have that kind of ability," he said.
"Electricity infrastructure, which is a regulated business with regulated returns, ought to and does provide very safe and very attractive investment".
The country's poor transportation and electricity infrastructure and restrictive labor laws have discouraged companies from setting up labor-intensive manufacturing plants like those for which China is known.
