Watch How Extreme Weather Affects Energy with Real-time Maps from EIA

With peak hurricane season approaching, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has introduced interactive maps that combine real-time data feeds from the National Hurricane Center with more than 20 map layers showing the nation’s energy infrastructure and resources. This new tool, available around the clock on the EIA website, allows industry, energy analysts, government decision-makers, and the American public to better see and understand the potential impact of extreme weather.

“This new mapping capability combines detailed energy infrastructure information with real-time tropical storm information from the National Hurricane Center,” says EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski. “This is a great example of technology providing better service to the American public.”

Every year, hurricanes and other extreme weather events threaten life and property. Hurricanes also affect the nation’s energy infrastructure, especially when storm paths traverse offshore production rigs and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, coastal refineries, power plants, and energy import and export sites.

Currently, the public can see the predicted path of tropical storm Chantal, moving from the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands toward the Atlantic coast of Florida. As the National Hurricane Center revises its predictions, the maps will be instantly updated.