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Bob Kistner, serves as the President/CEO of the Energy Planning Consultants Inc. (EPC). He served over 20-years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 10-years with FEMA, and other agencies responding to over 30 disasters. Bob has written over 60 books and articles pertaining to disasters and energy emergencies. He has worked for federal, state, local governments, and private nonprofits. For over three decades EPC has served many cities and states preparing energy assurance plans. These plans are necessary to ensure a quick response to an energy emergency, natural, or man-made disaster. Several states and cities have contracted with EPC to annually update their plans and to provide energy exercises to test the effectiveness of their. We now offer a web-enabled fuel allocation system that can be used to get fuel to stranded motorists on the highway during an evacuation. It can also be used to get fuel to those critical facilities around the state. Bob also developed an emergency refueling hose assembly that has been used in fuel shortages. Energy emergency planning is a urgently needed service during disaster planning. This planning links energy emergency response planning ESF-12 into your state or city disaster plans. During 2010, the State of Delaware Energy Office contracted with EPC for energy assurance planning. EPC is working with the State of Mississippi completing the State's Energy Assurance Plan.