"power restoration" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to the process of restoring power to an area, for example, "The power restoration was completed on Wednesday."
Southern California was soaked on Thursday with another storm driven by El Niño, sending powerful waves crashing against oceanfront Malibu homes and delaying power restoration for thousands of mountain dwellers in the Big Bear area.
It said that FEMA had been asked for "700 to 800 power poles, transformers, and additional materials to begin power restoration," which would have to be done before water service can be restored.
It said that the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency had been asked for "700 to 800 power poles, transformers, and additional materials to begin power restoration," which will have to be done before water service can be restored.
In Lower Manhattan, the power restoration started around 5 p.m. on Friday in the East Village.
High winds, which could reach 65mph, could stall power restoration efforts or cause further outages.
Such locations are prioritized for power restoration after a storm because of the services they provide to vulnerable people.
A front-page article on Monday about hurricane damage in Mississippi coastal areas misstated the extent of power restoration in Gulfport and Biloxi by Sunday night.
Power restoration and cleanup operations continued on Tuesday in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, the four states where emergency declarations were issued.
GAO plans to take a closer look at power restoration and evaluate the work of the Army Corps of Engineers in a future report.
Jeff Hawk, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' power restoration task force, estimated that 80percentt of the grid has been damaged.
