In energy contingency: the provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected. Disaster response is predominantly focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called “disaster relief” (R.A. No. 10121). Moreover, potential disaster losses in lives, health status, livelihood, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period (R.A. No. 10121) [Section 3(i), DOE Department Circular No. DC2023-01-0002, Adoption of the National Energy Contingency Plan for “The Big One”]
