The first diesel power plant was set up in Delhi in 1905.

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The power plant's backup diesel generators and their fuel supplies were destroyed by the tsunami.

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When I toured the island with National Park Service (NPS) staff in August 2010, Jim Calvinperez, the facilities manager and chief engineer, told me that 2, 000 gallons of diesel fuel had to be shipped to the island weekly in order to keep the generators in the power plant humming.

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