he could 
find. 
"This was all new to us," Hannigan said. "When the crisis landed in our lap, 
we reacted basically by applying a flood-management mentality to it. Crisis 
management is crisis management." 
SECRET LOCATION, INFORMATION
Thus, the DWR responded to the governor's marching orders by establishing an 
emergency center in the brick-covered facility it shares with branches of the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Weather Service. 
The so-called Joint Operations Center occupies a renovated department store 
in an otherwise mundane Sacramento shopping mall. 
DWR workers deliberately ask reporters not to say where exactly the facility 
is located. They're concerned that disgruntled consumers will vent their 
frustration over high energy prices by attacking the building, as the man who 
rammed a truck into the state Capitola brand-new, 
25,000- square-foot facility on another floor. 
Whether the trades remain under the aegis of the DWR is another matter. 
Hannigan said he doesn't want his department to remain in the energy business 
for years to come. Given his choice, he said he would prefer power purchases 
being made by a newly created state energy authority, as proposed by 
legislation now on the drawing board. 
While some at the DWR appear to enjoy the department's newfound notoriety, 
Hannigan, 60, is not one of them. 
He said he is looking forward to retirement and spending more time with his 
family. Being at the center of California's energy storm is clearly a 
headache he'd rather not have at this point in his career. 
"I know we're outgunned," he said.