Energy Assurance Support for Local Government Critical Infrastructure U.S. Department of Energy and the Public Technology Institute Black Water/Southeast Energy- Water Interdependence Meeting April 24, 2007

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute2 Energy assurance has been misunderstood… much like this dog misunderstands his owner.

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute3  Introduction/Background –Energy Assurance Momentum  What We Mean by Energy Assurance –Overview of the PTI Energy Assurance Project  Our Team –U.S. Department of Energy –Doug Yoder, Chair, Local Government Advisory Committee –National Spokesperson for Energy Assurance, Steve Foute –Colorado Energy Group  Our Partners  Energy Assurance Guidelines for Local Governments

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute4 Significant Findings 1.Interoperability of communications systems is a misunderstood, yet high priority for most local governments. 2.Local governments need assistance, financing and tools for new energy assurance plans. 3.Local governments are not well aware of the basic requirements needed to plug into federal energy assurance assistance. 4.There are local government “best practices”—but nobody is collecting these data. 5.Benchmarking/self-assessment is desirable at the local government level.

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute5 More Significant Findings 6.Roughly 40-percent of local governments do not have emergency plans in place for a major energy disruption. (USCM, 2006) 7.Renewable technologies are desirable and potentially effective components in EA plans. 8.Rising energy costs are emerging as a significant barrier to EA efforts. 9.There is interest in learning from existing successful EA plans and/or new models. 10.Critical infrastructure identification and prioritization is lagging.

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute6 From the Field…..  For a regional water and sewer operation, reserve power is critical to maintain service  Adequate fuel supplies and transport capacity must be available  Redundant communications systems are required  Pre-planning procedures and staffing is needed, but many decisions will be field- based

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute7 Major Project Goals I.D evelop, publish and distribute a useful Energy Assurance Guidelines for Local Governments publication II.D eliver important decision-enhancing tools, including new policy papers such as financing options for energy assurance efforts III.E levate awareness of energy assurance through training, education and exercises consistent with, and supporting, NIMS, NRP and ESFs. IV.A ssist two to three (pilot) local governments with developing energy assurance action plans V.D evelop a benchmarking tool that allows local governments to compare, and improve, their energy assurance preparedness

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute8 Energy Assurance Project Timeline

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute9 Recommended Actions For Your Local Government Recommended Actions For Your Local Government  Join PTI and become active on its Sustainability Council!  Establish an Emergency Preparedness Review Committee  Build people redundancy into your energy emergency and energy assurance systems  Identify and design processes to assist individuals with special needs during energy emergencies  Organize and/or participate in local and regional disaster planning exercises  Establish a “Continuity of Government Operations” Energy Assurance Committee  Write and enter into “pre-event” contracts and “mutual aid agreements”

Copyright (c) The Public Technology Institute10 For More Information, Please Contact:  Doug Yoder, Deputy Director, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, and Co-Chair of the PTI Sustainability Council, ,  Ronda Mosley, Senior Director for Research, PTI, ,  Steve Foute, National PTI Spokesperson for Energy Assurance, ,  George Burmeister, Energy Assurance Project Support, President, Colorado Energy Group ,