From November 2005 to May 2006, the Department of Energy
(Department) made significant progress toward implementing our
recommendations, thereby improving its ability to successfully
perform future Emergency Support Function-12 (ESF-12)
missions. In the Special Report on The Department of Energy's
Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (November 2005,
DOE/IG-0707), we recommended that the Director, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability:
