>>I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ON
BEHALF OF EVERYONE PRESENTING
TODAY.
TODAY WE'RE HOSTING A RESILIENCY
TRACK FOR YOU ALL AND TO GIVE AS
MUCH TIME TO THE PRESENTERS AS
POSSIBLE I WILL TRANSFER IT OVER
TO NOAH GARFINKLE.
>> NOAH: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
I AM SINCERELY THANKFUL FOR THE
TEAM.
TO EACH TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
IF YOU'LL PUSH FORWARD TWO
SLIDES PLEASE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YES IF YOU'LL PUSH FORWARD ONE
MORE, PLEASE.
JUST ONE MORE PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SO ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T BEGIN --
ACTUALLY ILER GO AHEAD
AND BEGIN WITH A FEW STANDARD
DISCLAIMS.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LOOKS AT
WATER RESILIENCY.
IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
I'LL BEGIN WITH A FEW DISCLAIMER
S.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST EVERYTHING
WE SAY TODAY IS OUR OWN OPINION
AND NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY
OFFICIAL DoD OR OPINION: WE
HAVE PROVIDED CONTACT
INFORMATION FOR EACH OF US AND
WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO
ANYONE REACHING OUT.
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I WILL
ALLOW EACH PRESENTER TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
INSTEAD I'LL INTRODUCE QUICKLY
TWO TOPICS.
WHERE WE COME FROM AND WHY THE
U.S. ARMY CARES ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY AND WATER.
SO KYLIE BENNETT, ERIN AND MIKE
AND I EACH OF WHOM WILL
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES EACH WORK
FOR THE U.S. ARMY MILITARY
RESEARCH LABS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WHICH IS A SET OF MILITARY
RESEARCH LABS SERVING THE U.S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SERVING
A NUMBER OF MISSIONS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TODAY ARE
ISSUES RELATED TO EMISSIONS.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT LOCATED AT
THE SAME LAB EACH OF US WORK FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION LABORATORY
WHICH IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
THIS SLIDE IS PROBABLY MORE USE
FUL FOR NON-FEDERAL AUDIENCES
ADMIDDEDLY.
WE'RE ALL AN EASY AUDIENCE TO
CONVINCE WHY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CARES ABOUT WATER.
SO I'LL LEAVE THE KEY FACT TO BE
READ ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SCALE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE QUICK THINGS
ABOUT THE THE EXTENT OF HOW MUCH
WATER MATTERS TO THE U.S. ARMY.
IF I WANT YOU TO TAKE ONLY ONE
THING AWAY FROM MY REMARKS THIS
MORNING WATER IS A BIG DEAL TO
THE U.S. MILITARY AND EVERY
MISSION THAT WE HAVE RELIES ON
WATER.
WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST WATER
USERS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE U.S. ARMY CONSUMES OVER
30 BILLION-GALLONS OF WATER PER
YEAR, WHICH IS DELIVERED TROW
MORE THAN 10,000-MILES OF WATER
DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING IN THE RANGE OF
ONE HALF OF 1% OF THE TOTAL
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
DISTRIBUTION LINKED TRACKED BY E
PA.
THE U.S. ARMY SPENDS
$100 MILLION A YEAR PROVIDING
WATER TO OUR INSTALLATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK SOME ABOUT
THE WAY THE ARMY LOOKS AT WATER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ERIN.
>> I'M AYE I'M AARON TAKAHASHI.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS US THE
IMPORTANCE OF WATER.
REALLY NO SUBSTITUTE.
OUR BODIES NEED IT.
WHETHER YOU DON'T DRINK PURE
WATER, YOU DRINK ALCOHOL OR
GATORADE, SODA, WHATEVER THAT'S
A LIQUID THAT YOU USE TO HYDRATE
YOU IT IS STILL MADE UP OF WATER
KIND OF ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL RE
SOURCES THAT'S BECOMING MORE
AND MORE RARE.
A LOT OF THINGS JUST TO REVIEW,
YOU'LL HEAR LESS THAN 1% OF THE
WATER ON EARTH IS PORTABLE AND
EVEN LESS THAN THAT IS
ACCESSIBLE TO WHERE WE NEED IT
SO NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH .5% OF
PORTABLE WATER.
OBVIOUSLY MOST EVEN PORTABLE
WATER MOST OF US DON'T DRINK OUT
OF STREAMS OR RESERVOIRS OR WHAT
NOT, IT NEEDS TO BE TREATED,
RIGHT.
SO THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE
ARTIFICIAL STORES TANK THAT WE
ACTUALLY NEED IT TO BE TREATED
AND STORED IN A SPECIAL WAY
OTHER THAN FROM MOTHER NATURE
BECAUSE MOST OF US DO NOT TAKE
OUR WATER DIRECTLY FROM MOTHER
NATURE.
AND THEN THE NO FENCELINE THEME
GOES ALONG THE LINES WITH THE
HUMAN CIVILIZATION WE LIKE TO
DRAW LINES ON THE MAP TO CREATE
STATES AND COUNTRIES AND WHATNOT
BUT WATER IS FLUID, IT DOESN'T
CARE, AND IT FLOWS BACK AND
FORTH OUTSIDE OF OUR
INSTALLATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE Do
D, ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES.
MULTI-STAKEHOLDERS AND
INDIVIDUALS HAVE EQUITIES IN IT.
SO NOW WE'RE ON THE SLIDE THAT
SHOULD HAVE A MAP OF THE U.S.
AND THEN HAS A COUPLE -- AND HAS
A COLOR SCHEME.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
THE DARK AREAS IN GENERAL HAVE
FAIRLY GOOD SUPPLY OF LIKE RAIN
WATER OR SURFACE WATER AND THEN
THE YELLOW OR THE LIGHTER
SECTIONS ARE AREAS WHERE IT IS
MORE SCARCE AND MORE HIGHLY
DEPLETED.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE SOUTHWEST
THAT EXTENDS A DRIER MORE AREAS
THAT WE ALL KNOW THERE IS LES
SUPPLY AND CONTINUED DRAUGHTS.
WE HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI DRY
REGION WITH HEAVY DEMAND ON IT.
AND THEN WE SEE SOME AREAS IN
THE MIDWEST AND SOME AREAS IN
THE MOUNTAIN REGION.
THIS IS JUST ON THE SUPPLY SIDE,
MAINLY SURFACE WATER.
WHAT IS NOT SHOWN HERE IS KIND
OF INPUTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
AND CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THAT
MODELING MOST OF THEM CAN SENSE
AROUND THAT IT IS EVEN MORE
SIGNIFICANT TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING
HERE.
AND THEN DoD THEIR GOALS ARE
REALLY TO PUSH TO NET ZERO SU
STAINABLE OR TO PROVIDE
MISSIONS ASSURANCE JUST SO THE
INSTALLATION INFRASTRUCTURE CAN
SAY HEY WE CAN LAST 50-100 YEARS
AND KEEP GOING AND BALANCE THE
DEMAND AND SUPPLY EQUATION
BECAUSE IF YOU JUST CONTINUE
DEPLETING MORE THAN YOU HAVE
SUPPLY AT SOME POINT YOU'LL RUN
OUT AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
FAILURE ON WHATEVER SYSTEM,
WHATEVER AGENCY YOU REPRESENT.
WHEN IT IS A PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU
RUN OUT.
NOW KIND OF WANT TO STAY AHEAD
OF THAT BECAUSE MULTI-MILLION
DOLLARS AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
TO FIX THIS STUFF.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO
MICHAEL DUCZYNSKI AND HE IS
GOING TO TALK ABOUT UNDERSTAND
ING WHAT WE NEED.
>> HI.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL DUCZYNSKI A
RESEARCH CIVIL ENGINEER.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SORT OF AS WE MOVE FROM
THAT LARGE REGIONAL CONTEXT, THE
NATIONAL CONTEXT INTO ACTUALLY
ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS FOR
INSTALLATIONS, RIGHT.
ARMY INSTALLATIONS ARE SORT OF
DOTTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
AND THEY TEND TO BE THESE SORTS
OF SMALL TOWNSES WITH VERY
SPECIFIC NEEDS OF ALL SORTS THAT
SUPPORT THE ARMY MISSION, RIGHT.
NOW, AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS
PARADIGM OF A LOT OF WATER
MANAGEMENT WHERE YOU SORT OF SET
UP A TREATMENT PLANT AND YOU
KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EYEBALL HOW
MUCH WATER YOU MIGHT NEED AND
YOU BUILD A BUNCH OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU KIND OF
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT,
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND I
THINK A LOT OF AREAS AROUND THE
COUNTRY ARE STARTING TO BECOME
MORE SOPHISTICATED.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE AND REGIONAL GROWTH AND
COMPETITION ARE SORT OF
MOTIVATING MORE SOPHISTICATED
APPROACHES TOWARDS ACTUALLY
UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH WATER WE
NEED AND TRYING TO ACTIVELY PLAN
FOR IT.
NOW, ALL OF THAT NECESSITATES A
DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH, RIGHT.
NOW CAN'T REALLY MAKE GOOD
DECISIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS
WITHOUT ANY UNDERLINING DATA.
NOW WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IN-USE
OF WATER THAT DATA BOILS DOWN TO
BE DRANK.
ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE ALL OF
THESE LITTLE METERS IN ALL SORTS
OF FACILITIES DOTTED THROUGHOUT
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND
ARMY INSTALLATIONS AND MECHAN
ICAL ROOMS.
SO WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE ARM
Y A LIMITED AMOUNT OF METER
ING, UNFORTUNATELY.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF ARMY
INSTALLATIONS, IF THEY DO HAVE
METERS THEY TEND TO BE NOT VERY
SOPHISTICATED, THEY TEND TO BE
THESE GOOD OLE' MECHANICAL METER
S THAT HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY
COMES OUT AND READS AND YOU'RE
NOT JUST ESTIMATING BASED ON THE
PRIOR SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE VARIOUS APPROACHES
THAT WE TAKE TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW
, WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AS
FAR AS THAT GOES.
YOU'LL SEE THERE IS WHAT WE CALL
THE METER THAT YOU CAN AFFIX ON
TO THE METER TO ACTUALLY TRY TO
GET HIGH RESOLUTION REALTIME
DATA, THAT ACTUALLY AIDS IN
DEMANDS ESTIMATION APPROACHES
OUR TEAM WORKS ON.
THIS COULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
SOPHISTICATED WATER NEEDS AND
CRITICAL WATER NEEDS AT
INSTALLATIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING FOR BACKUP
SUPPLIES CONTINGENCY SCENARIOS
YOU NEED THAT KIND OF
INFORMATIONISM PART OF WHAT
LEADS TO THAT DEARTH OF WATER
METERS ACROSS THE ARMY IS THAT
WATER HAS HISTORICALLY AND STILL
TENDS TO BE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.
A LOT OF PROJECTS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARE DRIVEN
OFF OF RETURN AND INVESTMENT,
RIGHT.
WHEN YOU HAVE WATER THAT IS NOT
GENERALLY VALUED VERY HIGH IT
CAN BE VERY TOUGH TO GET THAT
RETURN ON INVESTMENT ESPECIALLY
IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE METER
ING, WHEN YOU'RE STARTING
TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH YOU HAVE
AS OPPOSED TO ACTIVELY
CONSERVING.
WE CAN PROGRESS TO THE NEXT
SLIDE IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU'LL SEE THE METAPHOR WE'VE
SORT OF LANDED ON IS DATA IS THE
NEW OIL.
DATA IS VERY VALUABLE TO OUR
TEAM.
IT IS REALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO
WORK WITH AS FAR AS MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ARMY AS
WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
POLICY, HOW WE SHOULD USE WATER,
WHAT OUR APPROACHES SHOULD BE IN
TERMS OF RESILIENCY PLANNING.
I MENTIONED WE HAVE DEMAND
ESTIMATION APPROACHES, THE
GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT.
THE ARMY BENEFITS FROM STANDARD
FACILITY DESIGNS SO YOU CAN SORT
OF IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF READ
INGS FOR SAY A BARRACKS AND
YOU KNOW ALL BARRACKS ARE
CONSTRUCTED ROUGHLY THE SAME
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE A DECENT
ESTIMATION AS FAR AS WHAT
BARRACKS USE IN DIFFERENT REGION
S.
WE'RE PROBING IN ACYEARS IN THAT
ASSUMPTION BUT IT START TO GET
YOU SOMEWHERE.
SOME OTHER APPROACHES ARE FOR
EXAMPLE THIS NATURAL LANGUAGE
PROCESSING, AN EXCITING NEW AREA
FOR US, MINING THE VARIOUS WORK
ORDERS THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN
A HAND-WRITTEN PAPER FORM THAT
SOMEBODY PUTS IN A SHELF OR A
FILING CABINET SOMEWHERE.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
THERE AND IT CAN DIRECTLY INFORM
THINGS LIKE WHAT WE CHOOSE TO
SPEND MONEY TO REPLACE, SO
THAT'S AN EXCITING NEW APPROACH
FOR US.
AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO
SORT OF INSTALLATION SCALE
MODELING APPROACHES TO TRY TO
REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW MUCH WATER AND INSTALLATION
NEEDS, WHAT KIND OF SCENARIOS
YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AS FAR
AS PLANNING FOR WATER
DISTRIBUTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING WHAT
WE HAVE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT SLIDE AND LOOK AT THE ARMY
IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WAYS TO BETTER STEWARD THEIR
WATER RESOURCES, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE
SOUTHWEST WATER CAN BE GETTING
INCREASINGLY SCARCE AND THE ARMY
IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES.
YOU'LL SEE LEAP DETECTION THERE
ON THE RIGHT, THAT LITTLE PROBE
GOES INTO THE GROUND AND YOU CAN
TRY TO LISTEN, IT SOUNDS LIKE A
LIGHT TRICKLE.
THESE CAN FIND LEAKS OF UNDER
GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
ARE JUST LEECHING WATER INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT OTHERWISE UNDETECTED
THE CENTER GRAPHIC IS ACTUALLY
LOOKING AT THE TEMPERATURE OF A
SPRAY/RINSE VALVE AT THE DINING
FACILITY.
THE ARM AHAS TONS OF SORTS OF
CAFETERIAS THAT SERVES SOLDIERS
AND WHENEVER YOU'RE LEAKING HOT
WATER A LOT OF THESE SPRAY/RINSE
VALVES ARE LEAKY IN FACT AND
YOU'RE LOSING TONS OF HOT WATER,
WHICH IS A LARGE EMBEDDED ENERGY
EXPENDITURE.
SO LOOKING AT WHATTER IS NOT
JUST AN ISSUE OF WATER THERE IS
THE CONCEPT OF WATER-ENERGY
MIXES WHERE YOU CAN HAVE FROM
TREATMENT TO PUMPING IT ALL
AROUND THE SITE TO YOU KNOW HEAT
ING IT FOR PERSONAL USE.
NOW HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF EM
BEDDED ENERGY AND THEREBY EM
BEDDED GREENHOUSE GASES.
THIS IS A LARGE ISSUE THE ARMY
IS TRYING TO LOOK IN TO AS FAR
AS HOW TO INCREASE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT GRAPHIC ON
THE LEFT ATTEMPTS TO CONVEY AS
WELL, RIGHT.
WE HAVE SORT OF A CONSERVATION
PHILOSOPHY THAT INFORMS SECURITY
AND RESILIENCE THROUGH ALL OF
THESE ISSUES.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PASS IT
OFF TO OUR FRIEND BENNETT KANG.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND I'LL HAND
IT OFF TO BENNETT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE.
AND JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
THERE IS A LIVE FEEDBACK BUTTON
SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT
ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO I'LL BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF
, MY NAME IS BENNETT KANG,
I'M ALSO A GRADUATE STUDENT AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STUDY
ING WATER RESOURCES
ENGINEERING.
SO MIKE HAD JUST TALKED TO US
ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED
AND CONSERVING WHAT WE USE.
ANOTHER DIMENSION IN WATER
RESILIENCE IS WATER SECURITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, SECURING WHAT WE
HAVE.
A BIG CHALLENGE WHEN IT COMES TO
WATER SECURITY, WHICH AARON
MENTIONED EARLIER IS UNDERSTAND
ING WHATTER DOES NOT
RESPECT ANY HUMAN-MADE
BOUNDARIES LIKE INSTALLATION
BOUNDARIES, CITY, STATE,
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN
INTEGRATED EFFORT.
THE DoD ALONE CANNOT SOLVE OUR
WATER SECURITY ISSUES.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH EVERYONE
INVOLVED INCLUDING THE
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED IN THE
AUDIENCE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
SOME OF THE WATER SECURITY ISSUE
S WE FACE INCLUDE NATURAL
THREATS LIKE FLOODING, WHICH CAN
DAMAGE INFRASTRUCTURE OR
DROUGHTS AS WE CAN SEE IN
CALIFORNIA OR EXTREME
TEMPERATURE AS WE SAW IN TEXAS
BACK IN 2020.
WHILE THE TEXAS EXAMPLE MOSTLY
IMPACTED THE ENERGY GRID IT DOES
BREAK WATER PIPES AND LEFT MANY
RESIDENTS WITHOUT RUNNING WATER.
WATER SECURITY INCLUDES PROTECT
ING ADVERSEARILY HUMAN
THREATS, PROTECTING AGAINST
TERRACES FROM BOMBING A WATER
TREATMENT PLAN.
AN ISSUE THAT IS CURRENTLY PRESS
ING AND GROWING AS A
CONCERN IS CYBER SECURITY.
MANY WATER TREATMENT PLANTS ARE
WIDELY UNPREPARED FOR CYBER
ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR CONTROL
SYSTEM WHICH IF A HACKER CAN GET
A HOLD OF IT CAN POISON THE
WATER SUPPLY OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO
THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING
TO IMPROVE WATER SECURITY IS
RELATED TO A CONCEPT CALLED
MISSION ASSURANCE.
MISSION ASSURANCE IS OFFICIALLY
DEFINED IN THE GREEN BOX ON THE
SLIDE BUT THE KEY TAKE AWAY IS
THAT THE DoD WANTS TO ENSURE
THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY
NEED TO DO, WHENEVER THEY NEED
TO DO IT AND WITHOUT INTER
RUPTION, THAT IS IN A NUT
NUTSHELL WHAT MISSION ASSURANCE
IS.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT Do
D DOES IS TIED TO MISSION
ASSURANCE.
WHAT OUR GROUP IS DOING TO TRY
TO TELL THE DoD LOOK WATER
SECURITY IS CRUCIAL TO MISSION
ASSURANCE.
WITHOUT PROPER SUSTAINABILITY
YOUR MISSION ASSURANCE WILL SUFF
ER.
MANY PRODUCTS ARE COMPLETED WITH
THIS AS THE BACKBONE WITHIN THE
DoD.
NEXT I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO
KYLE BURKETT AND SHE IS GOING TO
TALK TO US ABOUT HOW WE CAN
PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
MY NAME IS KYLE BURKETT.
I AM ALSO STUDYING CIVIL
ENGINEERING WITH MY COLLEAGUE
BEN AND I AM ALSO A FEDERAL
INTERN AT A AT CERL.
WE ALSO NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE
WORST.
THE DoD IS TAKING CLIMATE
CHANGE VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE
UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS IF
WE DO NOT: THERE ALSO COMES A
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW ARE WE
GOING TO ADAPT TO THIS IN THE
FUTURE AND PREPARE FOR THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHANGE IN
CLIMATE.
IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU
REALLY SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS SLIDE IS THAT WATER IS
HEAVILY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE # AND AS BENNETT MENTION
ED EXPERIENCING TOO
LITTLE WATER, TOO MUCH WATER AND
ISH YOO AND ISSUE OF SEVERE
WATER QUALITY ISSUES, WHICH NOT
ONLY EFFECTS THE DIRECT
COMMUNITY BUT SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
ALL OF THESE IMPACTS HOW WE LOOK
AT WATER RESILIENCE AND PREPARE
FOR WHAT COMES NEXT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO HOW DO WE LOOK AT RESILIENCE.
OUR TEAM ESPECIALLY BREAKS THIS
DOWN TO FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS,
AS YOU SEE HERE, AND EACH IMAGE
UNDER THAT LEVEL KIND OF
CORRESPONDS TO AN EXAMPLE.
SO FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS
AN INSTALLATION LEVEL ASSESSMENT
, THIS GIVES US THE
BIG PICTURE ORVIEW WHAT IS GOING
ON.
WHAT IS THE MISSION AT THIS
INSTALLATION THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO PROTECT SAFELY, SECURELY AND
RELIABLY.
THE ASSET LEVEL AND THIS ASSESS
MENT ALLOWS US TO REALLY
BREAK BREAK DOWN PIECE BY PIECE.
WE CAN TAKE EACH INDIVIDUAL PIPE
AND MAKE OBSERVATIONS BASED ON
THE DATA WE HAVE AND ITS PERFORM
ANCE IN THE OVERALL
SYSTEM.
FOR EXAMPLE OF THIS IS SHOWN BE
LOW, WHICH ESSENTIALLY JUST
SHOWS YOU HOW THE RELIABILITY OF
THE PIPE IS CHANGING OVER TIME.
INFORMATION SUCH AS THIS IS
REALLY INFORMATIVE WHEN AN
INSTALLATION IS TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO
ACTUALLY INVEST IN AND BREAKING
IT DOWN IN THIS WAY ALLOWS US TO
TARGET VERY SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS
ON A SYSTEM LEVEL ASSESSMENT
THIS IS WHEN WE TAKE A MORE NET
WORK BASED APPROACH TO OUR
PROBLEM.
THE BOTTOM LINE TO THIS IS WATER
IS REALLY COMPLICATED AND
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, THERE
IS NO WAY TO AVOID THAT.
WE CAN'T ONLY LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL
ASSETS IN ISOLATION WE HAVE TO
TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH AS WELL
THIS IS WHERE WE CAN RUN
DIFFERENT SIMULATIONS IN THE
SYSTEM.
THIS COULD BE LOOKING AT DEMAND
FLOW PATTERNS.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THESE
MODELING TECHNIQUES WE KNOW
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
ACTUALLY BEING PHYSICALLY THERE
ON THE GROUND SO OUR LAST KIND
OF ASSESSMENT TYPE WE LOOK AT IS
A FIELD ASSESSMENT, HOW WE CAN
SEE FIRST HAND HOW THE SYSTEM
AND INSTALLATION IS WORKING WITH
AND HOW IT IS GOING TO ADAPT TO
ANY CHANGES.
AN EXAMPLE OUR TEAM IS IRK WITH
ON NOW IS AN IDEA OF A DRY START
SIMILAR TO A BLACK START THE
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE EXERCISE
IS TO TEST KIND OF THE ROBUST
NESS INSTALLATIONS WATER
SUPPLY.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE KEY
OPPORTUNITIES TO ESTABLISH
PROCEDURES FOR TESTING
RESILIENCE OF THE INSTALLATIONS
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FACE
OF ANY UNEXPECTED DISTRIBUTION.
EVERYTHING IN THE END DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE SUSTAIN
ABLE AND IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK OF WHAT
COMES NEXT, WHICH IS WHY THE
LAST PART OF OUR SAFE, SECURE
AND RELIABLE WATER IS TO PREPARE
FOR THE WORST.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS
TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE SAW A QUESTION IN THE CHAT
ABOUT WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE IS DOING TO IMPROVE ITS
WATER METERING DATA.
I CAN LEAD OFF AND PLEASE ANYONE
FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY TWO-PART
QUESTION, WHICH IS GETTING MORE
METERS INTO BUILDINGS IS ONE
PRIORITY, WHICH IS NOT AS EASY
AS IT SOUNDS.
THAT ITSELF CAN BE BROKEN DOWN
IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS BUT
LARGELY AS MIKE INTRODUCED COMES
DOWN TO HOW DO WE JUSTIFY RETURN
ON THE VESTMENT, HOW DO WE GET
THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR US TO
PUT IN METERING.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS A QUARTER OF
A MILLION BUILDINGS, SO WE HAVE
A VERY LARGE FOOTPRINT IN THE
UNITED STATES THAT WE HAVE TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT.
THE SECOND PART THOUGH, WHICH
MIGHT ACTUALLY BE EVEN TRICKIER
IS HOW DO YOU GET THE DATA FROM
THE METER TO A DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE NETWORK.
ADMITTEDLY THAT'S ONE WE'RE
STRUGGLING WITH.
PRECISELY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT
AT UNIFORM AUTHORITY TO OPERATE
ATO IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE
METERS TO DoD SYSTEMS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF APPROACHES.
MIKE SHOWED SOME OF THEM, WHICH
INCLUDE US ACTUALLY GOING OUT AS
RESEARCHERS ANDECT WHICHING THE
DATA OFF OF OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE
SMART LEADERS BUT MAY NOT
ACTUALLY CONNECT TO A FEDERAL
NETWORK.
ONE-THIRD AREA MIKE ALSO
INTRODUCED WE REALIZED IT IS
GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO
METER EVERYTHING SO WE HAVE TO
FILL IN THE GAPS WHETHER DATA
DRIVEN APPROACHES, MAKING IN
FERENCES ON DATA METERING
THAT'S AVAILABLE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON METERING?
>> IT IS A CURRENT AREA OF ACT
IVE SORT OF RESEARCH AND
THOUGHT AS FAR AS PRIORITIZING
WHAT BUILDINGS SHOULD BE METERED
TO GET THAT UNDERSTANDING MORE
FIRMLY IN PLACE.
AS YOU HAVE THESE SORT OF
EXPENSIVE METERS THAT YOU'RE AT
ING YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT
OF GOOD IDEA WHAT'S THE MOST
VALUABLE IN COMMISSION.
THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD OFTEN
TIMES IT DOES BOIL DOWN TO WHO
EVER MIGHT BE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN
THIS INSTALLATION DO THEY CARE
ABOUT WATER AND ARE THEY GOING
TO TAKE THE EFFORT TO ACTUALLY
REALLY ADVOCATE TO GETTING METER
S INTO THESE OLD BUILDINGS.
A VERY MUCH WORK IN PROGRESS.
ALSO ENTERPRISED DATA APPROACHES
, METER DATA
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS AN EFFORT
OUT OF HUNTSVILLE THAT IS
ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE WATER IN
THERE, THEY ARE MAINLY FOCUSED
ON ENERGY BUT THEY ARE WORKING
HARD OVER THERE, SO WE
APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I SAW A SECOND QUESTION JUST
POPPED UP.
WHAT IS A DRY START?
TO GIVE A VERY -- I DO WANT TO
DIFFERENTIATE, ONE THING THE ARM
Y IS DOING DIFFERENT FROM THE
BLACK START YOU ACTUALLY GO AND
TURN OFF INSTALLATION POWERS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EACH
OF OUR MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
CONGRESS REQUIRES US TO GO TO
FIVE INSTALLATIONS PER YEAR AND
SURPRISE THEM BY TURNING OFF
THEIR POWER.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH DRY
STARTS WE DON'T ACTUALLY INTEND
UNLESS SOMEONE REALLY FORCES US
TO, HOPEFULLY NOT, TO ACTUALLY
TURN OFF INSTALLATION WATER.
MODELING AND SIMULATION BASED
APPROACHES TO SIT DOWN WITH
INSTALLATIONS AND REALLY AS KYLE
SAID CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS.
IT IS ANOTHER THING TO SHOW UP
IN THE FIELD AND SEE HEY DUE TO
CHLORINE RESIDUAL LEVELS WE ONLY
KEEP 1.5 FILLED.
THE DRY START IS TO FORCE US TO
TEST ASSUMPTIONS.
KYLE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO AT ON
THAT OR ANYONE ELSE?
>> I THINK YOU COVERED IT PRETTY
MUCH SOLIDLY.
I GUESS SORRY ONE THING I SHOULD
HAVE INTRODUCED FROM A POLICY-
DRIVER POINT OF VIEW.
THE ARMY HAS A REQUIREMENT, WE
CREATE INSTALLATION ENERGY AND
WATER PLANS AND ONE OF THE ITEMS
THAT WE LOOK AT THERE IS THE
ABILITY OF OUR INSTALLATIONS TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION
IN THE CASE THEY LOSE POWER AND
WATER.
ORIGINALLY THE POLICY WAS 14 DAY
S, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR MISSION
IF SOMEONE TURNED OFF THE WATER
AT FORT BRAGG TODAY COULD FORT
BRAGG KEEP GETTING PLANES IN THE
AIR OUT TO A WAR ZONE FOR
WHATEVER TIME IS REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE THAT MISSION.
I SEE ANOTHER QUESTION JUST
POPPED UP.
WHAT SUCCESS HAVE WE HAD ATING
SMART METERS TO THE NETWORK?
WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SUCCESS.
IT HAS BEEN VARIED.
THE SUCCESS HAS BEEN GREATER ON
THE ENERGY SIDE THAN THE WATER
SIDE.
SORRY, JUST SAW ANOTHER QUESTION
POP UP.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELYECT I.
OUR TEAM, CAN EVERYONE SEE THE
CHATS.
I'LL READ THE CHAT.
IT SAYS YOU SPEAK A LOT ABOUT D
oD BUT MOSTLY SHOWED ARMY
DATA.
HOW MUCH DO WE INTERFACE WITH
THE OTHER SURFACES.
A TON.
THERE IS A DoD LEVEL WATER RE
SILIENCE WORKING WITH GROUP
THAT ALL OF US ARE HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN AND MANY OF THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED
AND INTRODUCED FOR INSTANCE THE
WATER SHED LEVEL AND ALASKAS
ANALYSIS THAT IS A DoD LEVEL
REQUIRE.MENT.
IT IS A WHOLE TEAM EFFORT BOTH
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENT IN
OUR APPROACH AND ALSO BECAUSE
THERE IS REALLY, WHILE THERE IS
OF COURSE SUCH A THING AS AN ARM
Y INSTALLATION AND AIR FORCE
BASE.
THE TRUTH IS MOST ARMY
INSTALLATIONS INCLUDE AIR FORCE
TENANTS.
THE EXAMPLE I GAVE OF GETTING
TROOPS OUT OF FORT BRAGG RELIES
ON GETTING THEM OUT OF THERE, SO
IT IS VERY MUCH A JOINT
REQUIREMENT.
WE JUST ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO
HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE
REPRESENT TECHNICALLY AS WITH
THE DISCLAIMER WE'RE NOT SPEAK
ING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE'RE ARM
Y EMPLOYEES NOT REPRESENTING
THE ENTIRE DoD.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?
I SEE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT
FLOODING AND RESILIENCE TO EX
TREME WEATHER EVENTS.
I KNOW BENNETT YOU WERE LOOKING
AT THIS, DO ANY OF YOU WANT TO
TAKE A CRACK.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN HOGGING.
THE QUESTION IS HOW ABOUT
FLOODING.
IS THERE SOME ABILITY TO BE RE
SILIENT TO FLOODING EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS.
THAT IS A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I DO NOT REALLY KNOW HOW TO
ANSWER THAT HONESTLY.
>> THE SPECIFIC LEAD-IN I WAS
WONDERING I KNOW BENNETT WAS
ACTUALLY WORKING ON DoD
CLIMATE MODELS AND WHAT THEY
TELL ABOUT INSTALLATION.
SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW THE
BROAD.
>> KEEP FLOWING IN THE QUESTIONS
I MISSED ADDING THIS INTO THE BE
GINNING.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO THE
NEXT.
I'M GOING TO PROVIDE ALL
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THIS
GROUP AND POSTED ON FED CENTER
AND I HAVE YOUR E-MAILS SO I'LL
ALSO INCLUDE THOSE E-MAILS THAT
POSE THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL
GET THOSE ANSWERS TO YOU SO
PLEASE KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS FLOW
ING IN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PRESENTING AND
I'M GOING TO TRANSITION OVER TO
OUR NEXT PRESENTERS.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US.
ETHAN EPSTEIN ARE YOU ON.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR
AND LET EVERYBODY ON YOUR TEAM
JUST GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOUR
SELF AND LET'S GO AHEAD.
REMEMBER EVERYONE THE CHAT
BUTTON IS OPEN AND POST THOSE
QUESTIONS OFTEN AND WE'LL GET
THOSE TO THE PRESENTERS AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY COLLEAGUES JULIE AND HANNA
H, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> MY NAME IS ETHAN EPSTEIN,
RESILIENCE PROGRAM MANAGER AT
THE FEDERAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
RESILIENCE INTO ENERGY AND WATER
PLANNING.
WITH THAT I'LL PASS IT OVER TO
MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEM TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
>> JUST IN INTEREST OF TIME.
JULIA ROTONDO I'M A PROJECT MAN
AGER HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY NATIONAL LAB AND ALSO
JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE HANNAH.
HANNAH YOU ARE DOUBLE MUTED.
>> SORRY.
I'M HANNAH RABINOWITZ, ALSO AT
PNNL AND I'M AN EARTH SCIENTIST
WORKING ON ENERGY AND WATER AS
WELL.
>> WONDERFUL.
NEXT SLIDE, STEPHEN.
ALL RIGHT.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FEMP, COD
IFIED IN 2020 TO FACILITATE
IMPLEMENTATION OF COST-EFFECTIVE
ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT AND
ENERGY-RELATED INVESTMENT
PRACTICES.
PROVIDE EXPLICIT DIRECTION TO
COORDINATE ON RESILIENCE FOR
FEDERAL SITES AND A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT FEMP STRUCTURE IT IS
BROKEN OUT INTO A FEW WEDGES; WE
HAVE THE FACILITY OF FLEET
OPTIMIZATION, SECURITY WEDGE,
ENERGY AND PROJECT PROCUREMENT
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE
FEDERAL AND ENERGY LEADERSHIP
ENGAGEMENT AND THE STRATEGIC
PROGRAM AND PLANNING AND THE
WEDGES ARE BROKEN UP THERE IN
THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SLIDE.
NEXT VIDE, STEPHEN.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW FEMP
DEFINES RESILIENCE.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
RESILIENCE WE'LL GET
SPECIFICALLY WATER AND ENERGY
RESILIENCE AND FOUR ASPECTS THAT
WE KIND OF GROUP TOGETHER TO DE
FINE RESILIENCE AND BETTER
UNDERSTAND IT.
SO THE FIRST IS RESOURCEFULINOUS
WHICH IS PREPAREDNESS BY
PLANNING, TRAINING AND TESTING.
REDUD DANCE, WHICH IS THE
ABILITY OF BACKUP RESOURCES.
ROBUSTNESS WHICH IS THE
CONTINUATION OF CRITICAL OP
ERATIONS DURING DISTRIBUTION
AND THEN RECOVERY, WHICH IS THE
ABILITY TO RETURN A NORMAL OP
ERATIONS AT QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF DISTINGUISH
ING DISASTER PREPARED
NESS AND RESILIENCE.
WE WANT TO KIND OF UNDERLINE
RESILIENCE PLANNING IS DISTINCT
FROM DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND
ANY $1 SPENT ON RESILIENCE IS
WORTH $4 SPENT ON RECOVERY
ACCORDING TO A FEW STUDIES.
THIS EMPHASIZES ACTIONS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED TO MITIGATE THE IM
PACTS ON THE PLANNED ENERGY
AND WATER DISTRIBUTIONS.
MOVING ON, STEPHEN NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
AWESOME.
SO AT FEMP OUR RESILIENCE
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ARE BROKEN
OUT INTO A A FEW BUCKETS.
FEDERAL THE TECHNICAL RESOURCES.
FEMP A FEW YEARS AGO CREATED THE
TECHNICAL RESOURCES NAVIGATOR
WHICH IS A RESILIENCE PLANNING
TOOL.
WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO FEDERAL AGENCIES ON THAT VIA
COVERTS ET CETERA. WE ALSO
PROVIDE KIND OF A PROGRAM ATTIC
RESILIENCE VIA AGENCY ENGAGEMENT
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THIS IS
KIND OF A NEW 2022 INITIATIVE.
THE VALUE OF RESILIENCE AND
QUANTIFYING ELECTRICS TO PROVIDE
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
RESILIENCE AT FEDERAL SITES.
SO WAYS WE DO THAT IS LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES USING
THE VALUE OF LOST LOAD AND ALSO
THIS NEW TOOL WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON WHICH IS THE CUSTOMER DAMAGE
FUNCTION.
WE ALSO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS VIA
MOUs, ROUNDTABLES IN OUR WORK
ING GROUPS ET CETERA. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT SO FEDERAL FACILITIES
MUST BE CLIMATE RESILIENT.
THIS CAME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE
1408 INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CALLED
THEIR CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN
THEIR CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCE PLAN.
FEMP HAS SUPPORTED INTERNAL WORK
ING GROUPS ACROSS DoD IN
CREATING THESE VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENTS FOR OUR SITES AND
LABS VIA CROSSWALKS WITH OTHER
RESILIENCE PLANNING TOOLS,
CREATING TEMPLATES ANDTHENIC LOO
KING AT THE SCREENING TOOLS
THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED IN THE
GUIDANCE IN PROVIDING
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO USE THOSE.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE, STEPHEN.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW FACILITIES
MUST MEET EXECUTIVE ORDER 14057
GOALS.
THESE ARE CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY, FLEET ELECTRA
IFICATIONS, ON AND ON.
MUST ALSO CONSIDER THE NEW
AGENCY PORTFOLIO GOAL SET,
EXECUTIVE ORDER INCLUDING ALL OF
THESE THINGS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT TODAY, NEXT SLIDE, STEPHEN
, IS THE INTERSECTION OF
RESILIENCE AND DECOVERIZATION
SPECIFICALLY INVOLVING AROUND
SOME OF THESE GOAL SET IN NEW
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
ONE THING WE NOTICED THAT IS AN
OVERLAP IS LESS LOAD EQUALS LESS
BACKUP/REDUNDANCY.
WE'RE SEEING A SHIFT TO CARBON-
FREE ELECTRICITY, RE
DIDN'T SYSTEM STORAGE BEING
JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS SOLUTIONS
SUCH AS DIESEL AND NATURAL GAS.
ADDRESS MISSION CONCERNS WHILE
IDENTIFYING DYNAMIC NEW TECH
NOLOGY SOLUTIONS.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS THE MICRO
PHONE OVER TO JULIA.
>> THANKS ETHAN.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT CORPORATION OF CLIMATE
CHANGE INTO RESILIENCE PLANNING.
AND I WANT TO START WITH A RATH
ER SIMPLE AND OBVIOUS POINT
ON THE NEXT SLIDE BUT WHAT I
THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
DATA IS CHALLENGING.
STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST
WE KNOW.
HISTORIC EVENTS.
WE KNOW WHERE THEY HIT, WE KNOW
WHEN THEY HIT, WE KNOW HOW BAD
THEY WERE SO THEY CAN BE USED TO
ESTIMATE ANNUAL FREQUENCY FOR A
SPECIFIC SITE.
HOW FREQUENTLY WOULD WE EXPECT
TO SEE AN EARTHQUAKE, A
HURRICANE, A RAINSTORM BASED ON
HISTORIC DATA.
# WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT
PROJECTIONS.
WE ALL JOKE WE WOULD LOVE TO BE
ABLE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE WHILE
RESILIENCE PLANNING ASKS US TO
DO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THOSE FUTURE EVENTS HAVE
SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY AND
ESPECIALLY WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
MAY LACK THE RESOLUTION TO APPLY
THOSE TO A SPECIFIC SITE.
NOW MAY ONLY KNOW A REGION OR
MAY BE YOU'RE IN A STATE THAT'S
DONE IT OR MAY BE SOME SORT OF
AGENCY-WIDE PLAN DONE AND YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE THAT DATA BUT
GENERALLY THOSE CLIMATE CHANGE
PROJECTIONS ARE AT A MUCH LARGER
SCALE, THEY ARE NATIONAL.
SO A BIG CHALLENGE THAT MANY
SITES ARE PLANNING AND FACING AS
THEY DO THESE RESILIENCE
PLANNING EFFORTS AS CALLED OUT
BY THE AGENCY AND WHITE HOUSE
ACTIONS THAT ETHAN MENTIONED IS
WE HAVE TO TRY TO RECONCILE
THESE TWO CONSTRAINTS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS
THINKING ABOUT THESE CHALLENGES.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
UNDER THE CLIMATE ACTION AND
RESILIENCE PLAN THAT ETHAN
MENTIONED THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY HAS DEVELOPED THE VARP
GUIDANCE, EIGHT STEPS FOR HOW D
oD SITES SHOULD BE CONDUCTING
THOSE EFFORTS.
THEY INCLUDE TEAM IDENTIFICATION
, CRITICAL ASSET
INFRASTRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION,
CLIMATE TRENDS, THINKING ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE HAZARDS AND THE
LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE.
THINKING ABOUT THE IN PACT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE HAZARDS AND
DEVELOPING A RISK SOLUTIONS AND
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING
THOSE SOLUTIONS.
SO ONE THING THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT IS THAT SORT OF MIDDLE
SECTION WHERE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT CLIMATE TRENDS, HAZARDS
AND RISK ASSESSM.
ONE WAY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS
DONE THIS IS IN THE VARP THEY
MARRY THAT HISTORIC INFORMATION
WITH BASIC INFORMATION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE SITES
WILL GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY
HAZARDS, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT
THEIR HISTORIC FREQUENT, SO YOU
USE HISTORIC DATA AND THE TOOL
WILL BUCKET THOSE INTO FOUR
BROAD CATEGORIES OF HAZARD
LIKELIHOOD, LIKELY, UNLIKELY,
ALMOST CERTAIN AND ANTICIPATED
ISN'T DEMONSTRATED HERE BUT
THAT'S ONE OF THE FOUR
CATEGORIES.
THEN USERS USE CLIMATE CHANGE
PROJECTIONS TO ASSIGN A
DIRECTIONALITY TO THOSE HAZARDS.
USERDIZE USE A VARIETY OF DATA
SOURCES BUT BASICALLY WHAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO DO IS SAY IS IT
LIKELY CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IM
PACT, DECREASE OR HAVE NO
EFFECT ON THIS HAZARD AND
THROUGH A PRETTY SIMPLE DATA
TRANSFORMATION IT CALCULATES THE
NEXT HIGHER OR LOWER FREQUENCY
CATEGORY AS APPROPRIATE.
IT IS SAYING OKAY HISTORICALLY
WE'VE SEEN THIS HAZARD FREQUENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT THIS
HAZARD AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAN
TO OUR VULNERABILITY ON FUTURE
CONDITIONS BASED ON THIS
TRADITION.
AS ETHAN MENTIONED THE TECHNICAL
RESILIENCE NAVIGATOR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RESOURCES
UNDER THE PROGRAM ALSO WITH A
RESILIENCE PROCESS THAT GOES
THROUGHOUT AND OUTLINES SEVERAL
OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS YOU CAN
GO THROUGH.
A KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
TECHNICAL RESILIENCE NAV GATOR
AND THE VARP GUIDANCE I MENTION
ED IS SCOPE.
SO THE NAVIGATOR AS A FEMP
PRODUCT IS FOCUS ON-THINK AND
WATER RESILIENCE THAT'S THEIR
AREA OF EXPERTISE.
AS FOR THE VARP IT IS MUCH BROAD
ER AND INCLUDES SECTORS AND
INFRASTRUCTURES INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS,
WORKFORCE.
SO A KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THOSE TWO IS IN SCOPE OF THE
ASSESSMENT.
SO THE FEMP PRODUCT, THE
TECHNICAL RESILIENCE NAVIGATOR
IS PUB PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AT TR
N.PNNL.GOV.
IT IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE YOU
JUST HAVE TO SIGN UP.
THAT PROCESS HELPS USERS TO
IDENTIFY RISKS FOR ENERGY, WATER
AND UTILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND
POSES RISKS.
IT HELPS TO ETBER INTEGRATE
PLANNING FOR ENERGY AND WATER
MANAGEMENT, CONTINUITY
OPERATIONS AND SEGMENT PRI
ORITIES.
I MENTIONED COMPARING DIFFERENT
APPROACHES FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY.
I MENTIONED THE VARP TOOL AND ON
THE NEXT SLIDE I HIGHLIGHT HOW
THE TECHNICAL RESILIENCE
NAVIGATOR DEALS WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE CONSIDERATIONS.
THERE IS A TOOL YOU CAN SEE THE
URL FOR THE SITE AND ALSO THIS
TOOL IT IS OUTSIDE THE SIGN-IN
SO ANYONE CAN USE THIS, SO ENTER
ING SOME VERY SIMPLE SITE
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, YOU CAN
USE THE ZIP CODE OR STATE AND
COUNTY.
NOW ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT FLOODING AND IT HIGHLIGHTS
BASED ON HISTORIC DATA WHAT
HAZARDS HAVE HISTORICALLY IMPACT
ED THIS SITE AND WHAT THE
FREQUENCY MIGHT BE.
FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTION,
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGH
LIGHT HAZARDS LIKELY TO BE
IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
CLIMATE ASSESSMENT, HIGHLIGHT
USING COLORING WHICH HAZARDS
MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE.
A KEY DIFFERENCE IT DOESN'TINT
ICATE INDICATE THAT
DIRECTIONALITY.
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS COULD SAY OKAY
IF I CHANGE THE FREQUENCY FROM
ITS HISTORIC AVERAGE HOW MIGHT
MY RISK DRIVERS CHANGE.
I KNOW WHAT MY RISKS ARE WHAT
ARE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS POTENTIAL
LY MORE VULNERABLE TO
SOME OF THESE HAZARDS AS A
RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL WAY WE
COULD THINK ABOUT THAT.
PUTTING THIS ALTOGETHER IF YOU
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE KNOW DoD RESOURCES CAN HELP
ADDRESS A COUPLE KEY GOALS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THE VARP, WHICH IS THE DOE
INTERNAL, AND ALSO THE TRN MORE
FOCUSED ON ENERGY AND WATER CRIT
ICAL LOADS.
BOTH OF THESE PROCESSES TALK
THROUGH SOME OF WHAT WE CONSIDER
VARIOUS ESTABLISHED VARIOUS
PROCESSES SUCH AS HAVING A
PLANNING TEAM, CHARACTERIZING,
IDENTIFYING ASSETS, CHARACTER
IZING HAZARDS AND RISK
DRIVERS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW
ANOTHER KEY PRIORITY TALKING
ABOUT DECARBONIZATION.
WE KNOW THE FEDERAL AGENCY
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE
ACTUALLY PROVIDES A LOT OF RE
SOURCES FOR ENERGY AND WATER
EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES AND
PRODUCTS, TALKING ABOUT PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
THINKING ABOUT WE HAVE THESE
SOLUTIONS HOW ARE WE GOING TO
IMPLEMENT THEM.
ALSO PUMPANCEICT CRAING SUPPORT.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE I WANTED TO
POSE A QUESTION FOR ALL OF US
ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY BALANCE
SITE PRIORITIES.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR ASSESS
MENTS AND IDENTIFIED RISKS
AND SOLUTIONS BUT HOW DO WE
ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES
MEET OUR COMPETING GOALS AND PRI
ORITIES.
I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE WHEN I SAY
IT IS NOT ONLY ONE THING IN PRO
JECT DEVELOPMENT.
WE HEARD FROM THE LAST GROUP
MISSION ASSURANCE IS A KEY
MAY BE YOU HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGE
MENT GOALS AND YOU NEED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WELL SOLUTIONS
MIGHT MEET THESE GOAL.
SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE COMPETING
OR MAY BE COMPLIMENTARY.
WHICH SOLUTIONS CAN ENHANCE YOUR
RESILIENCE AND HELP MEET OTHER
GOALS SO OFTEN TIMES THAT
RESILIENCE PROCESS CAN BE PRETTY
OPAQUE AND CHALLENGING TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW YOU MIGHT RANK
THESE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE I'M SHOWING
YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE METHOD
OF HOW YOU MIGHT DO THAT IN THE
TURN.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
IN THE TURN WE HAVE A RISK
ASSESSMENT, IT IS QUANTITATIVE,
GO THROUGH AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
AND THEY CALCULATE FOR YOU AND
THEY'LL CALCULATE WHAT YOUR
POTENTIAL THAT'S REQUIRED FOR
ALLS AYOOERS WITHIN THE TRN, A
RISK INFORMED PROS.
HOWEVER YOU MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE
DECISION CRITERIA, SO THE TRM
ALLOWS DECISION CRITERIA.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS EXAMPLE DE
CARBONIZATION AND SITE TRAIN
ING REQUIREMENTS.
THESE INPUTS ARE QUALITATIVE
BASE ON USER INPUT BASE ON SUB
JECT MATTER EXPERTISE.
SO CURRENTLY THE TRN IS A KEY
GOAL BUT ONE THING IS TRICKY IN
ITS CURRENT FORM THAT LACKS
CLEAR GUIDANCE.
FOR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
BECAUSE IT IS QUALITATIVE IT CAN
BE UNCLEAR TWO AND THREE BECAUSE
NOT WELL IS A FAIRLY BROAD
CATEGORY.
SO MY CO-WORKER HANNAH ON THE
NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO GO
THROUGH AND TALK ON HOW YOU
MIGHT INCORPORATE INTO
RESILIENCE PLANNING.
>> THANKS JULIA.
HOPEFULLY I'M NOT DOUBLE MUTED
THIS TIME.
SO I WILL BE TALKING A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT A METHODOLOGY THAT
WE'VE DEVELOPED TO HAVE A MORE
QUANTITATIVE SCREENING APPROACH
TO EVALUATE THE DECARBONIZATION
POTENTIAL OF THESE SOLUTIONS AND
THIS IS REALLY INTENDED TO
PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK SO THESE E
VALUATIONS COULD BE MORE REPLIC
ABLE AS OPPOSED TO SOLELY
BASE ON THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE OF THE USERS.
THE SCREENING APPROACH REALLY
FOCUSES ON TWO KEY FACTORS THAT
ARE INPUT INTO DECARBONIZATION.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE FOCUSED ON
DECARBONIZATION SPECIFICALLY AT
SITE LEVEL SO NOT A LOT OF DE
CARBONIZATION DISCUSSIONS TALK
ABOUT THE ELECTRIC GRID THIS IS
FOCUSED ON-SITE RELATED TO
ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE ARE
TWO OF THE KEY DRIVER FOR DE
CARBONIZATION FOR THESE
SOLUTIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS A CHANGE IN
ENERGY CONSUMPTION, SO FOR
EXAMPLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY WHICH
CAN LEAD TO EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
AND WHETHER THE SOLUTION
POTENTIALLY SHIFT, SOME OF THE
ELECTRICITY USAGE FROM THE
CURRENT ELECTRICITY MIX TO A LOW
ER OR NO EMISSIONS SOURCE OF
ELECTRICITY.
AND IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
WE CAN SEE THE LITTLE MORE DE
TAIL ABOUT THE STEPS INVOLVED
IN THIS PROCESS.
SO THE FIRST THING WE DO HERE IS
WE COLLECT DATA THAT'S SOLUTION
AGNOSTIC.
SO THIS IS INFORMATION THAT CAN
HELP US TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE
BASELINE OR CURRENT EMISSIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICITY AND
NATURAL GAS AT THE SITE ARE.
SO WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE E
MISSIONS FACTOR # OF THE SITE
FOR ELECTRICITY, SO THAT CAN BE
USING EPAE-GRID VALUES OR SITE
SPECIFIC VALUES IF THOSE ARE
MORE APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN WE ALSO COLLECT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENT
ANNUAL SITE ENERGY USAGE, SO HOW
MUCH ELECTRICITY AND HOW MUCH
NATURAL GASSIS THE SITE CURRENT
LY USING ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS.
AND THEN WE COLLECT INFORMATION
ABOUT SOLUTION-SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS.
SO THOSE ARE RELATED TO THOSE
KEY FACTORS THAT I MENTIONED
BEFORE, WHETHER THE SOLUTION IS
GOING TO LEAD TO A CHANGE IN
ENERGY USE OR WHETHER THE
SOLUTION WILL LEAD TO A SHIFT IN
ELECTRICITY FROM THE CURRENT MIX
TO A LOW OR NO EMISSIONS SOURCE.
AND USING THOSE INPUTS WE CAN
EVALUATE FOR EACH SOLUTION WHAT
THE AVOIDED EMISSION WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SOLUTION
AND BUCKET IT INTO ONE OF THESE
FOUR CATEGORIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT
, MARGINAL OR NO DE
CARBONIZATION BENEFIT AND
THESE CAN BE USED TO COMPARE TO
OTHER CRITERIA.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE CAN SEE
A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT
THE FIRST OF OUR KEY SOLUTION
FACTORS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT ENERGY
USE CHANGE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT
BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON
THIS SCREENING APPROACH SO WE'RE
EXPECTING USERS MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF THE
SOLUTION WILL LEAD TO EXACTLY
THIS AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY
CHANGE AT THIS POINT OF THE
PROCESS, THEY ARE STILL DECIDING
WHICH SOLUTIONS TO DIVE IN TO A
LITTLE MORE IN A LITTLE MORE
DEPTH SO WE USE THESE KIND OF
BUCKETTED RANGES.
SO WILL THE SOLUTION LEAD TO A
60-80% REDUCTION, WILL IT LEAD
TO A 0-5% REDUCTION.
WE ALSO ALLOW THE USERS TO IN
CORPORATE INCREASES IN ENERGY
USAGE.
WE KNOW IN SOME CASES WHILE WE
STRIVE FOR RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS
THAT NEED BOTH DECARBONIZATION
GOALS AND RESILIENCE GOALS, RISK
REDUCTION GOALS THAT'S NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE SO WE DO ALLOW
FLEXIBILITY SO USERS CAN
EVALUATE WHETHER THEIR SOLUTION
MIGHT BE HELPING IN ONE CASE AND
MAY BE NOT AS MUCH IN ANOTHER
CASE.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE CAN SEE A
FAMILIAR APPROACH FOR OUR SECOND
KEY FACTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT.
SO CONSUMPTION SHIFT.
HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER
ELECTRICITY THE SOLUTION WILL
LEAD TO ELECTRICITY SHIFTING
FROM THE CURRENT SOURCE TO A NEW
LOWER OR NO EMISSIONS SOURCE.
THIS IS AGAIN TAKING THIS KIND
OF BAND APPROACH WHERE WE'RE
WORKING SPECIFICALLY WHETHER TO
REDUCE IMMERSIONS SO THIS COULD
BE RESULTING FROM A SOURCE THAT
WILL BE NO EMISSIONS, SO FOR
EXAMPLE FULLY RENEWABLE
ELECTRICITY GENERATION OR FOR
EXAMPLE IF THE SITE IS USING A
LOT OF ON-SITE GENERATION FROM
COAL FOR EXAMPLE AND THEY WANT
TO SHIFT TO A LOWER EMISSIONS
SOURCE LIKE NATURAL GAS THEY CAN
ALSO CAPTURE THOSE EMISSIONS RE
DUCTIONS HERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF WALKED
THROUGH WHAT GOES INTO THIS
METHODOLOGY I'M GOING TO REALLY
QUICKLY RUN THROUGH AN EXAMPLE
JUST SHOWING HOW THAT IS
IMPLEMENTED.
SO IN THIS EXAMPLE WE HAVE A
SITE WHERE THEY USE 2000 MEGA
WATT HOURS PER YEAR OF
ELECTRICITY AND NO NATURAL GAS
JUST FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE.
THEY'VE INPUTTED THEIR EMISSIONS
FACTOR AND BASE ON THAT
INFORMATION WE CAN SEE THAT THEY
HAVE HAVE A CURRENT CO2 EMISSION
S OF 1.4 MILLION POUNDS
PER YEAR AND THEY ARE EVALUATING
A SOLUTION THAT WILL RESULT IN
20% REDUCTION IN ELECTRICITY
USAGE.
SO ABOUT 400 MEGA WATT HOURS
LESS PER YEAR AND ALSO SHIFT
ABOUT 10% OF THE REMAINING
ELECTRICITY TO A ZERO EMISSIONS
SOURCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT
SUMMARIZED IN THE TABLE BELOW.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE CAN SEE THE
RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS.
SO WE'RE REDUCING BASE ON THAT
SOLUTION WE'RE REDUCING THE E
MISSIONS BY ABOUT 28% SO IN
BLUE YOU CAN SEE THE EMISSIONS
REDUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH SHIFT
ING TO A ZERO EMISSIONS
SOURCE.
IN YELLOW THE EMISSIONS RE
DUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH
REDUCING THE ELECTRICITY USAGE
AND SO THOSE COME TOGETHER TO
ABOUT A 28% REDUCTION IN CO2 E
MISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
SLUG.
SO BASED ON OUR BIDDING WE COULD
SEE CHARACTERIZED AS HAVING A
SIGNIFICANT DECARBONIZATION
POTENTIAL.
# WE CAN THEN GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE AND COMPARE THAT RESULT TO
OUR OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE CAN
USE TO PRIORITIZE THE SOLUTION.
SO IN THIS CASE WE'RE LOOKING AT
RISK REDUCTION EFFICACY, SO YULE
IA ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT
, HOW THE TRN REALLY DOES
THE QUANTITATIVE POTENTIAL OF
THE SOLUTIONS AND NOW WE'RE ADD
ING ON THIS ADDITIONAL
BENEFIT OF HAVING MORE QUANT
ITATIVE SCREENING ANALYSIS
OF THE DECARBONIZATION BENEFIT
OF EACH SOLUTION AS WELL.
YOU CAN ALSO STILL COMPARE THAT
TO ANY OTHER IMPORTANT CRITERIA
THAT THE SITE REALLY WANTS TO
CONSIDER AS WELL AND SO YOU CAN
COMPARE THESE AND SEE WHICH
SOLUTIONS ADDRESS ALL OF THESE
KEY CRITERIA THE BEST.
SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE I'M JUST
GOING TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON A FEW
SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE
HAVE IN THIS METHODOLOGY.
AT THE MOMENT REALLY FOCUSED ON
THOSE TWO KEY FACTORS THAT I
MENTIONED.
IT DOESN'T CONSIDER SPECIFICALLY
THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION THAT
MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH SWITCH
ING FROM A FOSSIL FUEL
BASED REDUNDANT SYSTEM TO A LOW
ER EMISSIONS REDUNDANT SYSTEM
SPECIFICALLY DURING THE COURSE
OF OUTAGE EVENT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE JUST RUNNING YOUR
DIESEL GENERATOR DURING AN
ELECTRIC OUTAGE.
ITOLOGIST DOESN'T ADDRESS
SPECIFICALLY EMISSIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH NON-ENERGY OR
WATER SECTORS AND THAT'S
SPECIFICALLY JUST DUE TO THE
SCOPE OF THE TURN TOOL ITSELF.
IT IS REALLY FOCUS SAID ON
ENERGY AND WATER RESILIENCE.
AND THEN FINALLY SOMETHING WE'RE
REALLY LOOKING IN TO BUILDING
OUT IN THE FUTURE A LOT MORE IS
WE CURRENTLY DON'T EXPLICITLY
CALCULATE THE POTENTIAL RISK
IMPLICATIONS OF STRATANYINGS
SUCH AS ELECTRAIFICATION AND
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE TOOL ULTIMATELY IS
REALLY HELPING JEWSERS TO
BALANCE BOTH THE RISK AND DE
CARBONIZATION BENEFITS THAT
THEIR ENERGY AND WATER
STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO HAVE.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE I'LL JUST
CLOSE BY SAYING THESE UPDATES
ARE REALLY EXCITING AND WE'RE
PLANNING ON RELEASING THEM
WITHIN 2022 SO WE WILL BE
RELEASING THE DECARBONIZATION
METHODOLOGY AS A NEW ACTION
WITHIN THE TRNs SOLUTION
PRIORITIZATION MODULE AND THIS
UPDATE WILL INCLUDE MORE DE
CARBONIZATION INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE TRN AND RELEVANT
PLACES IN THE EARLIER MODULES AS
WELL.
SO IF YOU GO TO IT NEXT SLIDE I
THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS BUT IF WE
DON'T GET THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
>> WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO THIS IS OUR CONTACT
INFORMATION.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE QUICK ONE
CLOSELY WITH THREE MINUTES LEFT.
THERE WAS A QUESTION SUBMITTED
ABOUT WHEN PLANNING FOR
RESILIENCE WOULDN'T IT BE BEST
PRACTICED TO PLAN FOR THE WORST
CASE SCENARIO.
ABSOLUTELY SO BOTH THE TRN AND
VARP TRADITIONAL METHODOLOGIES
THEY CONSIDER ONE INPUT IN MANY.
SPECIFICALLY IT FOLLOWS THE
TRADITIONAL RISK FORMULATION OF
HAZARD, TIMES IMPACTS, TOWARDS
VULNERABILITY.
SO IN THE TRN WE WOULD HAVE THE
WORST CASE SCENARIO THINKING
ABOUT OUR MOST CRITICAL ASSET
AND MOST IMPACTFUL.
EVEN THOUGH A REALLY LOW
FREQUENCY THAT WE'RE REALLY
VULNERABLE TO SO YOU WOULD
CALCULATE RISKS AND SEE THE RISK
DRIVER COME UP BUT BOTH OF THOSE
DO CONSIDER YOU TO LOOK AT A
HOLISTIC RISK ASSESSP.
SO A VARIETY OF RISKS ACROSS
HAZARDS.
ETHAN YOU'VE GOT THE NEXT
QUESTION.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION FOCUSES ON
SUCCESSFULCOMPLETION OF SITE
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS
SPECIFICALLY FOR DOE AND ASSESS
MENT LABS.
THE VARP BIDANCE CAME OUT I
BELIEVE IN 2021 IN SEPTEMBER AND
IT IS NOT DUE TO COMPLETION
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20.
SO THERE IS CURRENTLY HEALTH
CALLS SET UP FOR THOSE RUN BY
THE STATE ABILITY PERFORMANCE
DIVISION WITHIN DOE AND HELPING
WHERE NEEDED.
IN REGARDS TO THE TRN WE ARE
WRAPPING UP OUR PILOT SITES COM
PLETION SO THAT SHOULD HAVE
WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND
I THINK THE SECOND PART OF THE
QUESTION TALKED ABOUT EXPERTISE
SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT FEMP WE
WORK WITH THE AGENCIES SO WE'RE
HERE TO HELP AND PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ANYONE
INTERESTED IN THE TRN PROCESS.
WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT FORMATS, A
GROUP APPROACH FOR MULTIPLE
SITES WITHIN YOUR AGENCY OR
DEPARTMENT OR WE COULD DO A
ONE-ON-ONE WITH YOUR FACILITY
MANAGERS.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED PLEASE
REACH OUT TO ME AT ETHAN.EPSTEIN
.DOE.GOV AND I'LL
BE HAPPY TO TALK YOU THROUGH
THAT PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S TIME.
WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THEY'LL
POST ON FED CENTER AND WE'LL TRY
TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH JULIA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT
PRESENTATION.
I WILL PROVIDE YOU THE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, JUST TO BE
RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY'S TIME
AND VERY IMPORTANT TIME.
TAKE A BREAK, GET UP, DO YOUR
BIOBREAK OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU
NEED TO DO.
WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 12:15 TO
START OUR NEXT PRESENTATION AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO RESTARTING
WITH EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TODD BRAUN, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE WITH THE
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
CENTERS CONSERVATION PROJECT
THAT WE DID HERE WITH MR. HARPER
AND I AND OUR CONTRACT OFFICER
DID OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND
WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL AND THE
VEHICLE THAT WE DECIDED TO USE
FOR THIS WAS THE UTILITY ENERGY
SERVICES CONTRACT PROCESS, I
DON'T THINK WE PUT IT IN OUR
SLIDES HOWEVER THERE IS A
WEBSITE THAT DISCUSSES THIS, HOW
FEDERAL AGENCIES CAN USE THE UES
C PROCESS TO ACQUIRE ENERGY
CONSERVATION PROJECTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY CONS
ERVATION MEASURES THAT WE
SELECTED AND THE FINANCIALS AND
THE PERFORMANCE BOTH PREDICTED
AND ACTUAL AND SOME OF THE
BENEFITS.
WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TO TELL
YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE OBSTACLES
WE HAD OVERCOME AND THE LESSONS
LEARNED SO IF YOU GO TO DO YOUR
OWN UESC PROCESS OR CONSERVATION
YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME
OF THE LESSON THAT WE LEARNED.
ALSO I THINK THERE IS A LIVE
FEEDBACK FEATURE HERE THAT YOU
CAN GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN POST A
QUESTION OR ANYTHING ON THE LIVE
FEEDBACK AND PROVIDE YOUR E-MAIL
ADDRESS AND YOUR QUESTION AND
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE AT
THE END OF THE PRESENTATION
FLETC IS A SMALL AGENCY BUT WE
HAVE A WIDE REACH.
WE TRAIN OVER 90 FEDERAL
AGENCIES PLUS WE DO STATE, LOCAL
, TRIBAL, POLICE AGENCIES
THAT WE TRAIN.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT WE TRAIN.
NOW THAT'S LOW BECAUSE OF COURSE
THIS IS DURING THE COVID YEAR.
I KNOW IT IS PROBABLY 50% HIGHER
WHEN WE'RE NOT UNDER COVID.
AND WE DO THIS TRAINING AT THE
FOUR DIFFERENT TRAINING DELIVERY
POINTS, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH
CAROLINA, HERE HERE HERE IN GLYN
CO, THAT'S THE SUBMARINE
BASE DOWN IN GEORGIA.
WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FOOTPRINT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THESE ARE THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING
S THAT WE MANAGE.
OKAY NEXT.
ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROJECT
HERE AT SHELTONHAM.
WE RECENTLY ACQUIRED 371-ACRES,
AGAIN NOT REAL BIG BUT WE HAVE A
LOT OF STUDENTS HERE.
WE'RE A DAY TRAINING OPERATION.
WE HAVE COMMUTER STUDENTS BUT
THE OTHER TDPs HAVE RESIDENCE,
WE HAVE NO DORMS OR CAFETERIAS
BUT THE OTHERS DO.
NEXT.
FORWARD THERE.
NEXT SLIDE FORWARD.
THANK YOU STEPHEN AND TODD.
AGAIN MY NAME IS TIM HARPER, THE
ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM MANAGER HERE AT FLETC.
WITH THE BACKGROUND HERE WE WANT
ED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE
ATTEMPTS WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO
ADD RENEWABLES TO ITS PORTFOLIO.
OUR FIRST ATTEMPT WAS WITH THE E
SPC BACK IN 2011 WHERE WE HAD
17ECMs WITH ONE OF THOSE ECMs
IT WAS A 2 MEGA WATT,
COST $10 MILLION, IT WAS $5 PER
WATT AS A PPA, POWER PURCHASE A
GREEMENT.
THE ECONOMICS THAT WOULD HELP
WITH CASH FRO WAS FEDERAL GRANT
DUE TO OF COURSE A THIRD PART
PARTY.
SALE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS
AND ON-SITE ELECTRICITY
PRODUCTION.
THE PV WAS REMOVED FROM THE ESPC
WHEN THE MARKET WENT SOUTH IN
MARYLAND AS WELL AS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
NEXT.
ALSO ATTEMPTS INCLUDED IN 2014
THE FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES.
WE HAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
WITH THESE GUYS AS FAR AS ASSESS
MENTS ON-SITE AT THE FOUR
SITES THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY
COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE DEFENSE
, DLA.
IN 2015.
BOTH OF THESE ATTEMPTS WERE FAIL
ED ATTEMPTS.
AFTER THOSE WE DECIDED TO GO
AHEAD WITH A UESC.
WE PUT OUT A NOTICE IN MAY OF
2015.
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU TIM.
AGAIN WE IMPLEMENTED A FOUR-STEP
PROCESS HERE TO IMPLEMENT THIS
PROJECT, THE PRELIMINARY ASSESS
MENT WAS DONE IN 2016,
WHICH THE CONTRACTOR CAME OUT
AND LOOKED AT THE SITE AND
DETERMINED WHAT ENERGY CONS
ERVATION MEASURES MIGHT BE
FEASIBLE AND THEN FROM THAT WE
SELECTED, WE WENT TO A DETAILED
FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE RECENTLY LOOKED AT SEVEN
ENERGY CONTROL MEASURES AND GOT
IT DOWN TO THREE THAT WERE
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
AND COSTS IN EACH OF THESE STEPS
, CONTRACT FOR THE
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT AND THE
DETAILED FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THEN WE DID A BUSINESS CASE,
WHICH WE SUBMITTED TO OUR
LEADERSHIP AND THAT WAS APPROVED
IN FEBRUARY OF 2018 AND THEN WE
SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT ENERGY
SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018.
NEXT.
THROUGH THE UESCs SELECTED
WERE A SWITCH FROM BOILERS TO
NATURAL GAS BUILDINGS.
WE HAD DONE LED LIGHTING UP
GRADES BUT STILL HAVE THREE
BUILDINGS AND EXTERIOR BUILDINGS
NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED.
AND AND
NEXT.
THE GARAGE, THE VISITOR CENTER
AND THE FIRING RANGE, BUILDING 5
, WHICH IS OVER 150,000 SQUARE
FEET, IT IS A LARGE BUILDING.
AS FAR AS A FIXTURE NUMBER 2300
FIXTURES AND COMPLETED IN 2020.
THERE WERE VARIOUS ISSUES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THAT WE
FACED IN THIS PROJECT EVEN
THOUGH IT SEEMED YOU KNOW FAIRLY
REMEDIAL CHANGE IN LIGHTS.
MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WERE IN
BUILDING FIVE, WHICH IS A LED
RANGE SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO PRIOR
TO CONSTRUCTION WE HAD TO RE
MEDIATE THE LED, REMOVE THE
LED AND WE ALSO HAD TO GO
THROUGH EVALUATIONS TO DECIDE
WHAT PERSONAL EQUIPMENT WAS
REQUIRED SUCH AS MONITORING AND
SO FORTH.
WE HAD TO ALSO SCHEDULING WAS A
BIG ISSUE.
THE PROBLEMS THERE WERE WE HAD
TO REMAIN OPERATIONAL IN THE
RANGES AS WELL AS THE SCHEDULED
TRAINING AND SO FORTH.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
SCHEDULING THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
SURVEILLANCE ITERATIONS.
WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IN THE
SEVEN RANGES IN BUILDING FIVE WE
ISOLATED ONE RANGE AT A TIME
WHERE THE REMEDIATION OCCUR IN
THAT PARTICULAR RANGE.
THAT WAS A 24 DAY PROCESS.
ALSO THE BUILDING, THE LIGHTING
WAS DONE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY AT
NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS.
NEXT.
>> THE NEXT ECM WE WORKED ON WAS
NATURAL GAS CONVERSION.
11 BOILERS AND TWO ELECTRICSISM
THESE BOILERS WERE AT THE END OF
THE LIFE CYCLE AND VERY ENERGY
EFFICIENT SO WE WENT AHEAD AND
REPLACED THOSE.
FIRST THING WE HAD NO NATURAL
GAS SERVICE HERE ON CENTER SO WE
HAD TO INSTALL, WASHINGTON GAS
HAD TO INSTALL THE NATURAL GAS.
WE ALSO HAD TO DEMOLISH THE OLD
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE OLD BOILERS,
WE REMOVED THE FUEL OIL TANKS,
FUEL LINES, WE HAD TO CHANGE THE
ELECTRICAL SERVICE FOR THE BUILD
ING WITH THE ELECTRICITY
BOILERS.
WE HAD TO COMBINE WITH N, PA
BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
WE'RE DOING.
WE HAD TO NEGOTIATE WITH
WASHINGTON GAS BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO DO A LEGAL EASEMENT
LIKE YOU'D SEE IN A HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AND OF COURSE WE
COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE A
FEDERAL ENTITY BUT WE DID
NEGOTIATE WITH THEM RIGHT AWAY
SO THEY COULD DO WORK IF THERE
WAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR LINES.
WE ALSO GOT APPROVAL FROM NEURO
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT.
BUILDING FIVE IS OUR FIRING
RANGE.
WE HAD TO REMOVE THE LED DUST,
SO THERE WAS ASCLEAN PUP EFFORT
TO CLEAN UP THE LED BEFORE THEY
COULD DEMOLISH THE BOILERS AND
PUT THE NEW ONES IN.
SOME OF OUR BOILERS THEY
SUPPLIED HOT WATER FOR HOURS AND
SO WE HAD TO PUT IN A TEMPORARY
ELECTRIC BOILER WITH 100-GALLON
TANK TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE BUILD
INGS.
I THINK THERE WAS THREE BUILDING
S THAT REQUIRED THAT
SERVICE AND AGAIN WE ALSO START
ED IN MAY OF 2020 BUT WE
DIDN'T FINISH UNTIL WE GOT INTO
THE WINTER, A LOT OF ISSUES WITH
THE BOILERS TRYING TO GET THE
GAS PRESSURE CORRECT AND SO WE
HAD TO SUPPLY TEMPORARY HEAT.
USUALLY SPACE HEATERS OR OTHER
TYPES OF SPLIT UNITS SO WE COULD
GET BOILERS UP AND RUNNING.
WE HAD SEVERAL BOILERS ABOUT SIX
OF THEM THAT WERE OVER 1 MILLION
BTUs SO IN THAT CASE WE HAD TO
GET A SMALL BOILER PERMIT
CONSTRUCTION FROM THE STATE.
NOTICE THAT IN A LOT OF THESE,
IN ALL OF THESE ECMs THE
SECURITY BADGING IS AN ISSUE.
WE HAD PROBABLY OVER 100
DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS, SUB-
CONTRACTORS, DIFFERENT
PERSONNEL CONSTRUCTION, SUPPLIER
S AND THEY HAD TO GO
THROUGH THE BADGING PROCESS AND
NOT EVERYBODY MADE IT THROUGH SO
ISSUES WITH SOME OF THEM SO WE
HAD TO YOU KNOW HANDLE THAT, MAY
BE SOMETIMES WE HAD TO DENY
SOMEONE ACCESS AND GET ANOTHER
VENDOR IN SO THAT TOOK TIME AND
EFFORT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF TWO OF OUR
BOILERS, BUILDING 64 ON THE LEFT
, THAT'S OUR MAIN AUDITORIUM
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BOILERS IN
BUILDING FIVE ON THE RIGHT,
AGAIN THAT WAS 1.2 MILLION BTUs
, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE DETAILS HERE WAS A 1.6 MEGA
WATT, TO BE GOVERNMENT OWNED AND
THAT WAS IN COMPARISON TO THE
PREVIOUS WHICH WAS A THIRD-PARTY
OWNED.
THE COST HERE WAS $3 PER WATT
AND AGAIN PREVIOUSLY THE THREE
PHASES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
PROCESS FIRST BASE PERMITTING,
THE V BEGAN ELECTRICITY
PRODUCTION ON TO THE GRID IN
JUNE 15th OF 2021.
THIS ONE WE HAD SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL AND MANAGEMENT
CHALLENGES.
AGAIN WE HAD TO DO AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
WE INCLUDED THAT WITH THE ASSESS
MENT WE DID FOR THE
NATURAL GAS.
WORKING WITH MARYLAND DEPARTMENT
THE ENVIRONMENT TURNED OUT TO BE
A REAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE AGAIN
WE'RE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
WATER HEAD AND OUR SITE IS
LOCATED WEAPON THE MARYLAND
COASTAL ZONE, SO WE HAD TO COM
PLY WITH THE FOREST CONS
ERVATION ACT THROUGH THE
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT.
THEY ARE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE WE'RE REMOVING
QUITE A FEW TREES AND ALL WATER
DISCHARGES INTO TIER TWO WHICH
ARE CONSIDERED PRISTINE.
PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WE HAD TO
PLANT SEVEN AND A QUARTER ACRES
OF TREES AND WE'RE STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
WE HAD OUR INNERCONNECTIVE A
GREEMENT WITH PEPCO, RECEIVED
APPROVAL TO OPERATE AND WE'RE
STILL NEGOTIATING THE FINAL
APPROVAL TOOL OPERATE.
AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF LEGAL
ISSUES, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
ORDER THAT COULD BE A HIGH
HURDLE TOOL OVER COME.
PEPCO, THEY ARE A REGULATED
ENTITY WITHIN THE STATE AND MAY
NOT WISH TO SIGN UP TO THOSE A
GREEMENTS.
AGAIN OTHER ISSUES HERE WITH
JOINT BASED ANDREWS AIRFIELD
APPROACH.
WE HAD TO USE SOLAR PANELS TO
MAKE SURE THE LIGHT DIDN'T SHINE
OFF THE PANELS INTO THE PILOT'S
EYES.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> HERE ARE A FEW DETAILS OF THE
ECM, AGAIN POINT OUT THE 12.09-
ACRES TO THE MARYLAND
ENVIRONMENTAL MD AND ALSO FOR
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES.
JUST THE HARDWARE WE HAVE OVER
7,000 PANELS, AND AGAIN 1.886
MEGA WATT SIZE THAT WAS ALSO
STARTED OUT AT TWO MEGA WATT
THAT WAS ALSO WHITTLED DOWN TO
MITIGATE.
NEXT.
THIS SHOWS A RECENT PHOTO OF THE
CHELTENHAM PV ARRAY.
NEXT.
THE UESC FINANCIALS,
IMPLEMENTATION PRICE
$10.5 MILLION.
WE FINANCED 6.7 MILLION AFTER
17.75 YEARS AT AN IN THE RATE OF
2.94%.
THE ANNUAL SAVINGS IS GOING TO
BE ASSURANCE OF 460,000 A YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWED THE PREDICTED
PERFORMANCE FROM THE DETAILED
FEASIBILITY STUDY.
YOU CAN SEE EACH ONE OF THEM ECM
s CERTAINLY HAS A COST, HAS
A COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED.
ALSO, WITH THE OEM WITH THE
WRITING AND SIMPLE PAY BACK FOR
EACH.
NOTE THAT THE SIMPLE PAYBACK FOR
THE BOARD IS 37 YEARS.
AGAIN THAT'S DUE TO A LARGE UP
FRONT COST FOR THE INSTALL OF
THE NATURAL GAS PIPING FOR
CONTROLS AND SO FORTH.
THE ECONOMIC AS A BUNDLED PRO
JECT AGAIN ENDED UP BEING
FINANCING OR SLIGHTLY MORE THAN
17 YEARS.
FOR THE ANNUAL SIGHTINGS 164,000
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS A GLIMPSE OF
THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE FOR ALL
OF THE ECMs TOGETHER ACTUALLY.
WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THE ENERGY
USE FROM THOSE YEARS 06 TO 21.
A BUSY GRAPH BUT JUST NOTE A
COUPLE THINGS.
THE EUI AND THE AGGREGATE THAT
AS WELL AS THE RED SHOWS THE
TARGETINATE TENSITY.
A COUPLE HORIZONTAL LINES.
THE GREEN LINES REPRESENT FY14
AND FY20.
BOTH OF THOSE WERE AFTER THE
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS, FIRST THE
ESPC CONTRACT COMPLETED IN FY14
AND THE UESC ALMOST COMPLETED IN
20.
THE REDUCTIONS THOUGH WHAT WE
WANTED TO POINT OUT IS REDUCTION
S FOR THE USE AND IN
TENSITY AFTER THESE PROJECTS
WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
IN REALITY THE REDUCTION WAS
27.6%.
AND THEN IN FY20 THE REDUCTION
TO THE ENERGY INTENSITY WAS
ABOUT 36% SO VERY, VERY
SIGNIFICANT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> YOU CAN SEE NUMEROUS BENEFITS
THAT WE HAD NOT ONLY WITH ENERGY
SAVINGS BUT ALSO WITH USING OF
REGULATORY BURDENS.
FROM ALRESILIENCE POINT OF VIEW
THE SOLAR AYE GIVES US A REDUD
DANCE.
WHATEVER WE SUPPLY MORE OF GOES
TO PEPCO BACK AND-EARTH FO.
THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO
SUPPLY ABOUT 60% OF OUR OVERALL
ELECTRICAL USE.
SO FAR DURING THE SPRAYING AND
FALL THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN HIGHER
AND WINTERTIME IT HAS BEEN HES
SO AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN
AVERAGE ADVERTISED OVER A YEAR,
WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY 63%.
FROM THE FUEL PERSPECTIVE WE NO
LONGER HAVE TO HAVE TRUCKS
COMING ONSITE TO DELIVER FUEL.
NATURAL GAS IS A LITTLE MORE
RELIABLE.
WE'RE NOT REALLY EARTHQUAKE
PRONE ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN
SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES HERE IN
THE PAST AND WHEN IT COMES TO
LED OF COURSE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCES YOUR ELECTRICAL LOAD.
SO IF YOU HAVE LESS BURDEN ON
THE ELECTRICAL GRID.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR CONTACTS HERE MR. HARPER AND
MYSELF, SOMEONE WHO WASN'T HERE
BUT AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR TEAM
WE COULD HAVE NEVER GOT THIS
DONE.
THE LESSON LEARNED HERE IS LOVE
YOUR CONTRACTING OFFICER, MAKE
GOOD FRIENDS WITH THEM AND MAKE
SURE THEY ARE IN YOUR MEETINGS
AND THERE WITH YOU ALL OF THE
WAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
HERE SO STEPHEN IF YOU WANT TO
READ THEM OFF.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ABLE TO
GET TO ALL OF THEM.
WE DON'T GET TO TODD AND TIM
HAVE AGREED TO ANSWER IN WRITING
AND WE WILL GET THEM POSTED TO
FED CENTER, SO KEEP THEM ROLLING
IN AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE
DIFFICULT.
JUST KIDDING GUYS.
IN THE DETAILED FEASIBILITY STUD
Y THERE WAS RECOMMENDATIONS,
HOW MANY ECMs WERE IN THE
ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
AND WHAT WERE THEY?
>> I'LL ANSWER THAT.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SEVEN ECM
s IN THE ORIGINAL.
TWO OF THOSE THAT WERE NOT
INCLUDED WERE HVAC ECMs AND
BUILDING FIVE AIR RECIRCULATION
AND ERU ENERGY RECOVERY UNITS.
# THE GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP
FOR BUILDING FIVE THAT ENDED UP
PAY BACK I THINK OVER MAYBE 160
YEARS IT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE,
AND SIGNIFICANT SET ASIDE
PROPERTY SO THAT WAS NOT A
RECOMMENDED ECM IN THE FINAL DE
TAILED FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THANK YOU STEPHEN.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION.
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DEFLECTING
MARYLAND FOR THE RENEWABLE PRO
JECT AND NOT ONE OF THEIR
OTHER SITES?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE ALSO,
TODD.
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THE COST OF
ELECTRICITY IS MORE THAN THE
OTHER SITES, ALTHOUGH THE
PRIMARY SITE FOR SUNSHINE.
CHELTANHAM WAS THE WINNER
BECAUSE OF THE REGION.
>> IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT GRAPH
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE GRAPH WAS AN
AVERAGE OF ALL FOUR SITES, THIS
ONE HERE, THAT'S THE BLUE LINE.
THAT'S THE ACTUAL USAGE.
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE A SMALL SITE
WE HAD AN EFFECT ON THE OVERALL
AVERAGE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY
PICKED CHELTENHAM.
>> WE COULD GO A LITTLE BIT OUT
OF ORDER.
WHAT WERE THE SIGNIFICANT
PERMITTING ISSUES WITH THE STATE
I GUESS YOU BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON
THEM MAY BE EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
>> THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAD WITH
THE FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AND
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATER SHED
ISSUES.
YOU KNOW THAT CHESAPEAKE BAY IS
UNDER A TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD
REQUIREMENT SO THEY WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WHEN WE WERE CUTTING
DOWN TREES THAT WE WEREN'T
CONTRIBUTING ANY ADDITIONAL
POLLUTION TO THE STREAM.
WE HAVE A CREEK RIGHT DOWN AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND AGAIN
THAT'S TIER TWO WATERS WHICH ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE BETTER THAN THE
STANDARD AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED
TO, ACCORDING TO THE ABDOMENY
DEG DEGRADATION STANDARD YOU'RE
NOT ALLOWED TO POLLUTE TO WHAT
THE CURRENT AMOUNT IS.
AND AGAIN EVEN THOUGH THE FOREST
CONSERVATION ACT IS A STATE ACT
BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE COASTAL
ZONE, REGULATED UNDER THE COAST
AL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT MEAN
ING WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH
THE POLICIES UNLESS WE GET A
WAIVER AND WE WEREN'T WILLING TO
GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ACT, NEPA.
POST CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT.
WE HAD TO PUT IN I THINK TWO OR
THREE PONDS, TREATMENT
FACILITIES, BY RETENTION PONDS
AT THE SITE.
ALSO DISPOSING OF YOUR OLD LAMPS
, YOUR CFLs OR COMPACT
FLORESCENCE, OR MERCURY VAPOR OR
HAULGEN LIGHTS THOSE HAVE TO BE
DISPOSED OF PROPERLY, IT'S
HAZARDOUS WASTE.
AND THEN AGAIN I TALK ABOUT THE
AIR PERMITS, YOU HAVE TO GET A
PERM TO CONSTRUCT FOR BOILERERS
BOILERS, YOU STILL HAD TO APPLY.
WE'RE IN A NON-CONTAINMENT AREA
FOR PARTICULARTS AND CERTAIN
OZONE AND POLLUTANTS FOR LID SO
YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE THEY ADD
THAT TO THEIR PERMIT.
>> GOING TO SKIP DOWN FURTHER.
HOW ARE THE MAINTENANCE COSTS
BUDGETED FOR THE PB ARRAY AND
CALCULATED?
THIS QUESTION IS COMING FROM
CINCINNATI, IT IS A NEW COST FOR
THE FACILITY.
HOW DID YOU ACHIEVE THAT AND NOW
ARE PAYING FOR IT?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT.
TODD YOU CAN CHIME IN.
THE COSTS FOR THE PB ARRAY IS
INCLUDED FIVE YEARS, AFTER THAT
FIVE YEAR PERIOD WE'LL HAVE TO
GO OUT AND SOLICIT, YOU KNOW,
FOR SOME METALS, FOR REQUESTS
FOR PROPOSALS FOR THAT EFFORT.
>> RIGHT.
IN THE CONTRACT THERE IS PRO
VISION FOR THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS THAT THERE IS CONTRACTORS
THAT PERFORM THE MAINTENANCE AND
THAT'S WHY WE GET ON TO SPEED ON
IT.
IT WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT IN
OUR OPERATIONS AND SERVICES
BUDGET AFTER THAT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT FOR THE
BOILERS, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO
THAT ANYWAY.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT TO OUR
FACILITIES OPERATIONS AND
CONTRACT.
# AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING AND
ACTUALLY THERE IS A LITTLE LESS
MAINTENANCE COST WITH GAS BOILER
S THAN THERE IS WITH OIL.
WHEN IT COMES TO LEDs THEY
SHOULD LAST QUITE A WHILE.
AGAIN AT A HIGHER COST BUT LAST
A LOT LONGER THAN EVEN THE CFLs
, COMPACT FLUORESCENT
LIGHTS.
>> OKAY.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE
MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE TRANS
ITION OVER.
WHAT METHODOLOGY WAS USED FOR
THE MMV AND WAS IT REALLY THEIR
VIABLE FOR ENFORCING?
>> I CAN TOUCH ON THIS.
FOR ESTIMATES FOR PRODUCTION, IS
THAT WHAT THE QUESTION WAS?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
I JUST TOOK IT FROM THE CHAT.
I WASN'T ABLE TO, I'M STILL TRY
ING TO CATCH UP, THERE IS A
FEW MORE QUESTIONS COMING IN SO
I'LL BE GETTING TO THOSE LATER
SO YOU GUYS WILL GET A LIST.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> TODD, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER
THAT.
>> NO I'M NOT SURE ALL OF THE
QUESTION.
>> WHY DON'T WE SAVE THAT
QUESTION FOR LATERX WE'LL GET
THAT ANSWER OUT BECAUSE WE ARE
AT TIME AND I WANT TO TRANSITION
OVER TO THE NEXT-- WELL WE DO
HAVE A BREAK UNTIL 1:30.
>> WE CAN STAY ON FOR A FEW
MINUTES IF OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO
DROP OFF AND TAKE A BREAK.
>> WE HAVE A BREAK SCHEDULED
UNTIL 12:30 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
WANT TO TAKE THAT BREAK AND FOR
THE REST OF YOU WE'LL GO THROUGH
A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS IN THE
NEXT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL
TRANSITION OVER TO THE NEXT PRE
SENTING TEAM.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE
CHAT AND MAYBE MORE OF A
DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU GUYS.
NEW NATURAL GAS LATERAL, THE
DELEGATION TO OUR HIGH GAS RATE
OF FIVE YEARS TO PAY WITH
INSTALLATION WE INTENDED TO TAKE
OVER THE LINE AT THE END OF THE
FIVE YEARS BUT FOUND OUT THAT WE
HAD TO EITHER NEGOTIATED TO BUY
THE LINE FROM THE UTILITY OR
CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR
TRANSPORTATION FEES, WAS THIS
BOTH THE EXPERIENCE MEASURING
WITH WASHINGTON GAS?
>> NO, NO.
WE ARE ACTUALLY AS PART OF THE
CONTRACT WE PAID FOR WASHINGTON
GAS TO INSTALL THE NATURAL GAS
LINE.
THEY OWN THE GAS LINE UP TO THE
METER, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE
METER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE ISSUE
WITH THAT.
IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE
GAS LINE OR THE METER THEY WILL
TAKE CARE OF THAT.
WE JUST HAVE ANYTHING AFTER THE
METER.
ONE OF THE THINGS TOO EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE A METER IN EACH
OF THE 10 BUILDINGS THE BILLS
WE'RE GETTING ARE AGGREGATE BILL
S SO IT SHOWS THE METER READ
INGS AND THE USAGE BUT AT
THE END WE GET ONE BILL WITH AN
AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT'S ON IT.
>> THE SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE TO
THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY.
THE ANSWERS TO THESE
PRESENTATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED.
THANK YOU AGAIN AND ENJOY THE
REST OF YOUR BREAK
>> WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE 2022
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM.
THIS IS TRACK 8 IN THE 1:30 TIME
SLOT WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE DHS RESILIENT STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES AND CASE STUDIES.
I'M AN ENGINEER AND PROJECT
MANAGER AT THE NATIONAL RENEW
ABLE ENERGY LABORATORY IN
THE ENERGY SECURITY AND
RESILIENCE CENTER WHERE I
SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME
LAND SECURITIES CHIEF READINESS
SUPPORT OFFICE.
JOINING ME TODAY WILL BE MARIE
BRIT, SHE IS A SENIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM ANALYST IN
THE RESILIENCE SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT
THE HEADQUARTERS.
BONNIE IS A SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM MANAGER IN THE ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION AT
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
AND AN CAIS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM LEAD AT THE OPERATION
SUPPORT OFFICE AT THE
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SECURITY AGENCY.
AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A LIVE
FEEDBACK BUTTON TO ALL OF THE
AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS DURING
THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE USE THE
LIVE FEED BACK BUTTON.
THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY.
WE WILL GET TO AS MANY QUESTIONS
WE CAN WITH WHATEVER TIME WE
HAVE REMAINING.
ANIY REQUESTS WE DON'T GET TO,
WE WILL ANSWER IN WRITING AND
THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE -- SENT
AFTERWARDS.
I BELIEVE STEPHAN WILL HELP
ANSWER THAT LATER.
>> THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE FED
CENTER AND POSTED LIVE WITH THE
SLIDES.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHAN.
SO TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
AGENCY DRIVERS FOR DHS, THE
FEDERAL CLIMATE AND RESILIENCY
DRIVERS.
WHAT IS MOTIVATING US, WHAT HAVE
WE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS AND SUPPORTING OUR MISSION
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE AND RESILIENCE NEEDS?
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DHS CLIMATE
AND RESILIENCE PLANS WHICH WE
HAVE WRITTEN OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS, TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IN
THOSE PLANS AND HOW THEY SUPPORT
THAGE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR DHS TOOLS
AND ASSESSMENTS THAT ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE
BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO BONNIE
WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE CBP
RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
EFFORTS.
AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO
AWN CAWHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE
PENSACOLA RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT
RECENTLY DONE OFFER THE PAST
YEAR.
NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARIE.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
AND HAPPY WEDNESDAY.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE RESILIENCE DRIVERS
THAT WE USE WITHIN OUR
RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK AND WITHIN
OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND ON
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE,
YOU'LL NOTICE SEVERAL DRIVERS.
MANY OF WHICH YOU RECOGNIZE BUT
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ON THIS
LIST.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS EXECUTIVE
ORDER 14008 WHICH IS TACKLING
THE CLIMATE CRISIS AT HOME AND
ABROAD, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED IN
JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
WITHIN THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER IT
STATES THE HEAD OF EACH AGENCY
SHALL SUBMIT A DRAFT ACTION PLAN
THAT DESCRIBES STEPS THE AGENCY
CAN TAKE TO BOLSTER ADAPTATION
AND INCREASE RESILIENCE TO THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
ALSO WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT BACK
IN 2013, WE HAVE PPD21, WHICH
REQUIRES THAT ALL FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE IDENTIFICATION,
PRIORITIZATION, ASSESSMENT, RE
MEDIATION AND SECURITY OF
THEIR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT SUPPORTS PRIMARY MISSION
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, DAVID.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE COVER PACK
OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND
THIS IS THE POLICY STATEMENT
SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WITHIN THIS POLICY STATEMENT
, IT SAYS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT'S POLICY IS TO
INTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE
DHS MISSIONS, ASSETS AND
PERSONNEL; BY ADAPTING OUR
OPERATIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATE ANY
ADDITIONAL HARM; AND THE WAYS WE
WILL DO THAT IS TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS,
PROMOTE RESILIENCE AND REDUCE
THE MULTIPLE RISKS POSED BY THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, THESE ARE THE FIVE PRIORITY
AREAS FOR OUR CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL
FIVE OF THESE BUT I WOULD LIKE
TO HIGHLIGHT PRIORITY 2, THE
FOCUS OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY.
THIS PRIORITY IS THAT WE WILL
ENSURE CLIMATE RESILIENT
FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND WITHIN THIS PRIORITY, SOME
OF THE WAY THAT IS WE ARE GOING
TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT IS, IF
YOU LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND INITIATIVES, WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED GOALS TO CONVERT 50%
OF OUR FREIGHT TO ELECTRIC BY
2030.
WE ALSO ISSUED OUR RESILIENCE
FRAMEWORK BACK IN 2018 WHICH
ADDRESSES CLIMATE AND THEN MADE
VULNERABILITIES IN THE
DEPARTMENT'S MISSION CRITICAL
ASSETS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BONNIE TO
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES
AND THE ASSESSMENTS THEY HAVE
DONE WITHIN CDP AND CIS.
A.
WE HAVE ENERGY LEGISLATION BEING
REVIEWED WHICH WOULD OBTAIN 100%
ENERGY REBATES FOR ENERGY
PROJECTS.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED TOOLS TO
SUPPORT OUR RESILIENCE IN ENERGY
ASSESSMENTS AND TWO OF THOSE
THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED TODAY
ARE THE RESILIENCE BASELINE
ASSESSMENT SCORING TOOL AND OUR
BUILDING ASSESSMENT TOOL.
WE HAVE ALSO DONE WHAT -- CALL
IN REGIONAL RESILIENCE
ASSESSMENT AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE RATHER THAN
JUST LOOKING AT ONE SPECIFIC
ASSET, WE ARE LOOKING AT A
REGION AND HOW CLIMATE IMPACTS
CAN IMPACT RESILIENCE FOR THAT
ASSET THROUGH INTERDEPENDENCY.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SO WE
CAN COLLABORATE ON SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN
IT OVER TO DAVID TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR
RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK.
DAVID?
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH MARIE.
SO ASTHMA REMENTIONED, THE 2018D
HS RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK
ASSIGNED AND PUBLISHED WAS A
FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED TO ESTABLISH
COMMON PRINCIPLES ACROSS ALL DHS
OPERATIONS TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS,
PRIORITIZE AND PROTECT DHS'S
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORTING OUR CRITICAL MISSIONS
IT'S A PROCESS THAT IS
ANNOTATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE
START AT THE GROUND UP ESTABLISH
ING RESILIENCE TEAMS
AND ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS
AT THE SITES THEMSELVES WHERE
THOSE MISSIONS ARE OCCURRING.
THAT WE IDENTIFY THOSE CRITICAL
MISSIONS, THOSE OPERATIONS
BEFORE WE CONDUCT CRITICALITY
ASSESSMENTS DETERMINING LEVELS
OF CRITICALITY AND LEVELS OF
RISK REQUIRED AND RISK TOLERANCE
THIS EN WE GO ON TO ASSESS
VULNERABILITIES, LIABILITIES,
LESS AND HAZARDS, DETERMINE THAT
RISK POTTIER.
BEFORE WE IDENTIFY THE RESILL
IGENCE GAPS AND POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE SITES OR
CAMPUSES.
AND THEN THE FINAL STEP
HOPEFULLY, IS THE INTEGRATION OF
RESILIENCE READINESS SOLUTIONS.
THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS WE
HAD FROM OTHER DHS COMPONENTS
TALKS ABOUT THAT YOU SEE
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
IT'S A LONG PROCESS TO GET THERE
BUT WE HAVE TO START THIS
PROCESS AT THE VERY BEGINNING,
BUILD THESE TEAMS, CREATE A
PRIORITIZED LIST OF ASSETS WE
CAN RACK AND STACK BEFORE WE CAN
THEN DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE GAPS
, HOW CAN WE DETERMINE WHAT
THOSE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS MIGHT
BE AND THEN HOW CAN WE GET
PROJECTS IN THE GROUND.
DHS RESILIENCE PROCESS FOCUSES
ON FOUR LIFELINE FOCUS AREAS.
ENERGY AND WATER SUPPLIED TO OUR
FACILITIES, OUR CAMPUSES, OUR
BUILDINGS.
THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES, THE
ACTUAL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
WHERE WE'RE HOUSING OUR PEOPLE
AND OUR EQUIPMENT.
THE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY, WE LIVE IN
INCREASINGLY VIRTUAL WORLD.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SECURE ICT IN
ORDER TO PERFORM OUR DUTIES AND
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE HARDENED AGAINST CLIMATE
CHANGE AND OTHER HAZARDS AND
THREATS.
AND THEN LAST IS OUR
TRANSPORTATION ASSETS.
THESE ARE THE AIR, LAND AND SEA
ASSETS THAT ARE VITAL TO A
NUMBER OF OUR DHS COMPONENTS,
COST GUARD, CBP, WHERE WORRY
MOVING PEOPLE AS WELL AS OUR
OPERATIONS.
-- WHERE WE ARE MOVING PEOPLE --
IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THESE
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS AND
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WE
DEVELOPED A RESILIENCE BASELINE
ASSESSMENT SCORING TOOL.
SO THIS IS A SPREADSHEET-BASED
TOOL THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE A
BASELINE LEVEL OF RESILIENCE IN
ORDER TO HAVE A CONSISTENT
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ACROSS
ALL OF OUR SITES AND CAMPUSES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO MAIN
METRICS WITHIN THE TOOL TO
DETERMINE RESILIENCE LEVELS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE HAZARD
LEVEL AT THE SITES AND CAMPUSES
THAT IS BASED ON YOUR GEOGRAPHIC
REGION.
WHAT IS IT THAT IN YOUR
GEOGRAPHIC REGION HAS BEEN
CHANGING DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
THAT IS A RISK TO YOUR SITE AND
OPERATIONS?
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT
VULNERABILITIES.
WHAT IS IT THAT THE SITE IS
CAPABLE OF CHANGING OR IMPACTING
THAT IT CAN USE TO MITIGATE
THOSE RISK LEVELS?
WE ENGAGE WITH ON SITE MISSION
OWNERS TO FILL OUT THE
VULNERABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE AND
THE FACILITY OPERATIONS TO HELP
IDENTIFY WHAT POTENTIAL
VULNERABILITIES AND THEN
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ARE.
THIS IS DESIGNED TO BE USED AT
THE SITE LEVEL.
IT CAN BE USED BY THE SITES
THEMSELVES.
IT CAN BE SELF-GUIDED OR IT CAN
BE USED IN A LARGER MORE
HOLISTIC RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT.
SO THAT AT THE END OF THE USE OF
THIS TOOL, YOU HAVE A BASELINE
RESILIENCE FACTOR WHICH COMBINES
THE HAZARDS AND THOSE AS A
RESULTABILITY SCORES TO PUT A
METRIC TO THEM.
AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT TO
CREATE A PRIORITIZED LIST IN
ORDER TO HELP RACK AND STACK
WHAT OUR RESOURCES MIGHT BEST BE
NEEDED.
THIS TOOL CAN THEN BE USED
ACROSS ALL OF THE COMPONENT OR
ALL OF THE DH HS AGENCY IN ORDER
TO HAVE A CONSOLIDATED LIST FOR
WHERE WE HAVE DONE ASSESSMENTS,
WHERE WE HAVE DETERMINED OUR
BEST RESOURCES WOULD BE PUT TO
THE TEST.
WE HAVE TESTED THIS TOOL OVER A
NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE ABOUT 2018
WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DO
E.
IT'S BEEN PILOTED AT A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT SITES BOTH BY THE SITE
OPERATORS THEMSELVES AND IN
FACILITATE THE DISCUSSIONS IN
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS, WHICH
I'M GOING TO GO INTO IN A LITTLE
BIT.
IN ADDITION TO THE BASELINE
ASSESSMENT SCORING TOOL, DHS
ALSO PARTNERED WITH IDAHO
NATIONAL LABS, SLIDES COURTESY
OF THEM.
IDAHO NATIONAL LABS DEVELOPED A
TOOL IN ORDER TO HELP MAP OUT
THE DHS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
FROM A SITE OUTSIDE OF ITS FENCE
LINE.
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ARE
THOSE LIFELINES, THOSE UTILITIES
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THE ENERGY AND WATER, THE ICT,
THE ROADS, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE
WHAT ARE THOSE CRITICAL NODES OF
UTILITY LIFE LINES COMING INTO
THE SITE?
AND HOW MUCH REDUNDANCY IS IN
PLACE?
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU MAP OUT
ELECTRICITY GOING AWAY FROM A
SITE, IF YOU HAVE GOT MULTIPLE
LINES OF ELECTRICITY COMING IN,
IF THOSE LINES END UP WRAPPING
BACK AROUND TO THE SAME SUB
STATION, THAT SUB STATION
BECOMES A REALLY CRITICAL NODE.
YES, HAVE YOU GOT TWO LINES BUT
NOW YOU HAVE A SUB STATION THAT
IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF
ELECTRICITY TO YOUR LOCAL
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.
AND SO, THIS HELPS TO REALLY
IDENTIFY WHO POTENTIAL PARTNERS
MIGHT NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO
BOLSTER RESILIENCE AT THAT SITE.
WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR
ELECTRICITY, WATER, WASTE WATER
SYSTEMS, YOUR NETWORK AND
CELLULAR SYSTEMS AND WE MAPPED
THEM FROM NOT ONLY THE MISSION
ESSENTIAL ASSETS WHICH WOULD BE
THE TANGIBLE PHYSICAL BUILDING
OR THE NETWORK CENTER, ALL THE
WAY TO THE FUNCTION AS WELL TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE
ARE ANY NODES THAT NEED MORE
ATTENTION OR NOT.
IOWA NATIONAL LABS EXPANDED THIS
TYPE OF APPROACH TO NOT JUST BE
FROM THE SITE LOOKING OUTWARD
BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT A REGIONAL
CENTER.
THEY HAVE BEGUN TO LOOK AT WHERE
REGIONAL OPERATIONS MIGHT HAVE
SUSCEPTIBLE NODES SPECIFICALLY
IN RELATION TO THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
SO REALLY GOOD CASE STUDY OF
THIS WAS OUT IN CALIFORNIA THERE
HAS BEEN A DROUGHT IN THE WEST
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND A LOT
OF THE LAKES AND RESERVOIRS OUT
THERE ARE LOW ON WATER WITHIN
THE DAMS THEMSELVES.
SPECIFIC EXAMPLE IS LAKORVILLE
WHICH HAS HAD DROUGHT-LIKE
CONDITIONS, WATER LEVELS ARE LOW
AND THAT'S A HYDROPOWER STATION
OUT THERE.
THE EDWARD HYATT POWER PLANT.
SO IN THAT REGIONAL AREA, THEY
ARE AT RISK OF LOSING A LARGE
PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE
AREA DUE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS,
DUE TO THIS LONGSTANDING DROUGHT
SO THEY DID AN ASSESSMENT OF
THIS DROUGHT TO DETERMINE WHAT
IS THE IMPACT OF THIS DROUGHT IF
HOW IS IT GOING TO EFFECT THE
LOCAL RESIDENTS?
THE LOCAL BUSINESSES?
HOW IS IT GOING TO EFFECT THE
OTHER POWER PLANTS IN THE AREA?
AND THEN HOW IS IT GOING TO
IMPACT OUR ASSETS AND SITES
WHICH ARE IN THAT AREA?
SO THE U.S. COASTGUARD TRAINING
CENTER OUT THERE SAW THIS,
IDENTIFIED IT AS AN ISSUE.
THEY STEPPED IN TO HELP PERFORM
THE ASSESSMENT, THIS REGIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT.
AND U.S. COASTGUARD INITIATED
ENERGY SERVICE PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL
POWER GENERATION TO THEIR SITE.
THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THROUGH
THIS CLIMATE CRISIS.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO A
REDUCTION IN ELECTRICITY ON THE
GRID IN THEIR LOCAL AREA, THEIR
REGIONAL AREA.
SO THEY NEED TO HAVE A BIT MORE
CONTROL AND MITIGATE THAT RISK
BY BRINGING ON POWER TO THEIR
SITE THEMSELVES.
THIS WAS INITIATED JUST A YEAR
AGO WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS
IDENTIFIED ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL
THEY CAN GET TO THE IMPLEMENTING
THIS SOLUTION OF BRINGING ON
ADDITIONAL POWER.
I'M GOING TO PAUSE AND MAKE SURE
THAT STEPHAN, THE SLIDES, THEY
ARE STILL BEING SHARED ON THE
SCREEN?
THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME
IN AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT
WASN'T, THE SLIDES AREN'T BEING
SHARED.
THAT THEY ARE BEING SHARED IN
THE FED CENTER?
CORRECT?
>> I THINK SOMEONE WAS ASKING,
CAN THEY BE SHARED?
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
IF YOU DO NEED A COPY OF THE
SLIDES, THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON
THE FED CENTER WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM THERE
AND SHARE THEM WITH YOUR
COLLEAGUES.
PLEASE CONTINUE, DAVID.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, STEPHAN.
SO THE RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS
HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT OVER 11
DIFFERENT SITES AND CAMPUSES.
THESE ARE JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY D
HS STAFF AND HEADQUARTERED BY
MYSELF AND MY TEAM, BY INL AND N
REL AND THE COMPONENT
RESILIENCE TEAMS KEY
STAKEHOLDERS IN BRINGING THE
RESILIENCE PLANS THAT COMPONENTS
ARE WRITING TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE ON SITE
STAKEHOLDERS.
SO AT THE SITE WHERE THEY ARE
EXECUTING THE MISSION.
SO WE ARE BRINGING ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO WALK
THROUGH THESE PROCESSES TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME
VERNACULAR AND VOCABULARY TO
UNDERSTAND HOW ARE WE EXECUTING
OUR MISSION?
HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUSTAIN THIS
MISSION THROUGH THREATS AND
HAZARDS?
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE
HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST HAVE
BEEN, DOWN IN PUERTO RICO AFTER
THE HURRICANES IN 2016, THERE
WAS A HUGE, HUGE CONCERN ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD HAVE
POWER.
GS.
A OWNED FEDERAL CENTER, ANOTHER
PARTNER WE BROUGHT IN -- GS.
A -- A FEMA AND CBP AND ICE
FACILITY, CO-SHARED BY THIS --
AT THIS THE SITE, NEEDED TO HAVE
SOME RESILIENCE WORK DONE TO
HELP DETERMINE WHAT ARE THEIR
GAPS?
WHAT ARE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS?
SO WE WENT DOWN THERE, MET WITH
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE
ROOM.
TALKED THROUGH ALL OF THESE
ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF, WHAT
ARE THEIR ITEMS THEY NEED TO BE
LOOKING THROUGH?
WE HAVE DONE THIS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH CBP ON A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT SITES.
THE AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS IN
RIVERDALE WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST
VIRTUAL ASSESSMENTS WHERE WE ARE
DOING A LOT OF OUR WORK THESE
DAYS.
WE HAVE DONE AN ASSESSMENT AT
THE DHS HEADQUARTERS IN SAINT
ELIZABETH IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
THE DHS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS
GROUP.
THEY HELPED TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT THE CRITICAL
MISSIONS, CRITICAL SITES AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING
ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS IN
PLACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH
ICE DOWN IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
WHERE THEY WERE IN A BUILDING
THAT WAS A CBP BUILDING BUT THE
CENTER OF THEIR TACK OPERATIONS.
AND THEIR HUB AND SPOKE
METHODOLOGY OF COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS THE CENTER OF A LOT OF
THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS WAS A PLACE THAT HAD A LOT
OF RESILIENCE TO IT AND THEY
HAVE USED THIS METHODOLOGY TO
BRANCH OUT AND LOOK AT THEIR
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SITES.
HOW DO THEY EN SHUSH THAT THEY
HAVE GOT THE COMMUNICATIONS
REQUIREMENTS THEY NEED TO
OPERATE THEIR MISSIONS?
AND THEN WHAT ARE THEIR BACKUP
PLANS FOR IF WE HAVE TO MOVE TO
ANOTHER SITE, ANOTHER MISSION.
HOW DO WE DESOLVE THAT MISSION?
THESE HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS, INTEGRATING OUR
RESILIENCE WORK, OUR ENERGY AND
SUSTAINABILITY WORK AND OUR
CLIMATE CRISIS ADAPTATION WORK.
I'M GOING PASS IT ON NOW TO Ms
. BONNIE WHO WILL TALK ABOUT
THE CBP RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE
CHANGE EFFORTS.
BONNIE?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I'M BONNIE AND I WILL BRIEFLY
DISCUSS CBP'S RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
THE GENERAL DEFINITION AND
PURPOSE OF THE RESILIENCE
PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE SUSTAINED
OPERATIONS OF MISSION-ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS MEFs, IN TIMES OF
THREATS AND NATURAL AND MAN MADE
DISASTERS.
SO, DESPITE THE EMERGENCY, THE
GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
MISSION-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS CAN
AND WILL SUSTAIN NORMAL
OPERATIONS AS THE DISASTER OCCUR
S, AS WELL AS AFTER IT HAS
ENDED.
ASKING THE QUESTION, CAN YOUR
FACILITY STILL FUNCTION WHEN
THERE IS NO WATER, NO ELECTY AND
ALL FUNCTIONS HAVE STOPPED?
WHAT NEXT?
THIS IS AN EVENT THAT USUALLY
CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND OCCURS
WITHOUT KNOWING AS TO WHAT THE
MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THE AFTER
EFFECTS WOULD BE OF THAT
DISASTER.
SO, WE PREPARE AND ASSESS.
CBP HAS A PROCESS IN PLACE IN
WHICH ASSESSMENTS ARE CONDUCTED
ON A ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE TO
MEASURE THE FACILITIES AND TO
IDENTIFY THE STATE OF
VULNERABILITIES THAT ARE PRESENT
AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, THE
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT.
THE TOOLS THAT ARE USED TO
CONDUCT THE ASSESSMENTS WILL
HELP THE TEAM CREATE AND AFTER
ACTION REPORT, GIVE US A SCORE
AND DURING THE BRIEF BRIEFING TO
REVIEW THE RESULTS.
THIS IS WHERE DISCUSSIONS WILL
BEGIN ON WHAT CAN BE DONE TO
REDUCE THOSE VULNERABILITIES AND
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE TO
REDUCE THOSE IDENTIFIED AREAS TO
BECOME A MORE RESILIENT LOCATION
NOW, LET'S DISCUSS THE PROCESS
IN WHICH THE RESILIENCE PROGRAM
IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE
PILLARS.
COLLABORATE, LEVERAGE AND SHARE.
AS STATED IN PREVIOUS SLIDES,
THE RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK IN
WHICH THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON IS
TO PROVIDE A ROAD MAB FOR THE
DEPARTMENT IN OPERATIONAL
RESILIENCE AND READINESS AND
APPLIES COMMON PRINCIPLES ACROSS
THE DHS OPERATIONS TO IDENTIFY,
ASSESS, PRIORITIZE AND PROTECT D
HS'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE FIRST PILLAR OF
COLLABORATION INCORPORATE THAT
EXACT MISSION STATEMENT.
TO COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE
THROUGH WORKING GROUPS FOR A
COMMON GOAL AND TO MOVE FORWARD
IN A UNIFIED METHOD WHICH IS THE
STRONG FOUNDATION THAT THE
RESILIENCE PROGRAM IS BASED ON.
THE TEAM IS COMPRISED OF
PERTINENT STAKEHOLDERS WHICH
WILL BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS, WHICH I
WILL DISCUSS IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
ONCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORKING GROUP IS ESTABLISHED,
THE TEAM CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE NEXT PILLAR, WHICH IS TO
LEVERAGE.
TO LEVERAGE IS TO ASSESS LI
ABILITIES, REVIEW THE ASSESS
MENT, HAVE THE FOLLOW-UP
MEETINGS OR A SERIES OF MEETINGS
TO IDENTIFY THE VULNERABILITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE MAIN THING IS TO ENSURE THAT
ALL PARTIES ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
BEING DISCUSSED IN THE FINDINGS.
THEN, MORE DISCUSSIONS WILL
OCCUR WITH THE FOCUS OF OKAY,
NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE THE GAPS
ARE, WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT ARE
NEEDED TO TAKE TO GET CLOSER TO
THEM BEING CLOSED AND ONE STEP
CLOSER TO BECOMING A MORE
RESILIENT DHS?
THE THIRD PILLAR, AND I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY IT'S THE LAST
BECAUSE ONCE THIS PILLAR IS
READY TO MOVE FORWARD, THE
PROCESS BEGINS ALL OVER AGAIN.
OR I'LL SAY, IT CONTINUES.
THE RESILIENCE PROGRAM IS ALSO
ABOUT CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT AS
IT IS NOT A PROGRAM WHERE ONCE
ONE PROJECT OR SOLUTION HAS BEEN
MET THEN THAT'S IT.
IT CONTINUES.
SO, THE THIRD PILLAR IS TO SHARE
SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAT HAS
BEEN RECEIVED.
WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS, LESSONS
LEARNED, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
AND SO ON?
GOING BACK TO A STRONG
FOUNDATION OF THE WORKING GROUP.
NOW AFTER THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE VULNERABILITIES,
FURTHER COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
WILL OCCUR.
NEXT SLIDE.
NOW LET'S DISCUSS THE TENTATIVE
ASSESSMENT TIMELINE WHICH WE
BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON WITH THE
PILLARS, BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND
THAT THOUGH THERE IS A SCHEDULE
FOR ASSESSMENTS TO OCCUR EVERY
EIGHT WEEKS, THAT IS VERY MUCH
SO TENTATIVE.
MAINLY BECAUSE OF PILLAR 1.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE CORRECT
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE IN
THE ROOM TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
FOR EXAMPLE, IF IN THE ASSESS
MENT THERE IS A QUESTION
THAT IS ASKED AND ONE INDIVIDUAL
WHO MIGHT HAVE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
OF THE PARTICULAR SUBJECT MIGHT
SAY, NO, THEN THAT WILL BE AN
INDICATOR THAT THERE MAY OR MAY
NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION
THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED.
BUT, IF THAT SAME QUESTION IS
ASKED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND
THE MEETING TO REVIEW THE
IDENTIFIED GAP, BUT IS ACTUALLY
THE CORRECT SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERT AND THE ANSWER IS IN FACT
, YES, THEN THAT COULD HAVE
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OUTCOME
WITH THE ASSESSMENT
COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION
IS KEY WITH THE ASSESSMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE.
HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE
PROGRESS THAT CBP HAS MADE WITH
OUR RESILIENCE SITE ASSESSMENT
SCHEDULE.
10 PRIORITY SITES ARE PROJECTED
TO BE COMPLETED IN FY2023.
BEGINNING IN 2024 ON A 5-YEAR
CYCLE, THE NON-PRIORITY SITES
WILL GO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
FOUR SCREENING CRITERIA THAT CAN
BE DETERMINED -- THE -- THAT CAN
DETERMINE THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY WILL BE ASSESSED.
ONE AVAILABLE BUDGET LEVELS TO
SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENT.
2, SITES WHERE CBP IS PRIMARY OR
ONLY THE TENANT GS.
A LEASE.
THREE, THE CRITICALITY LEVEL.
4, THE SITES WHERE CBP HAS
LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OVER THE
SITES AND THAT WILL BE ASSESSED
LAST.
AS STATED THROUGHOUT, THERE WILL
BE CONSISTENT WORKING GROUP
INVOLVEMENT DURING THE SITE
ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE CONFLUENCE OF RESILIENCE AND
CLIMATE CHANGE WAS MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY WITH MARIE AND DAVID
'S PRESENTATION WITH
RESPECT TO THE CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN, THE CAP POLICY STATEMENT,
THE CAP PRIORITY NUMBER 2 OF
ENSURING CLIMATE RESILIENT
FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AS
WELL AS VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS
DIRECTIVES AND DHS INTERNAL MEMO
S.
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE
SEEN THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM BUT
ESSENTIALLY, THE ACTION STEP HAS
ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE END OF
THE LEVERAGED PILLAR AND THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHARE PILLAR.
AND THE RESILIENCE PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT CYCLE.
IT'S NECESSARY THAT ONCE THE
ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETED, THE
GAPS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND
THE SOLUTIONS DISCUSSIONS
COMMENCE.
ENSURING THAT THE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE ARE UNDERSTOOD
THEN THE CONVERSATIONS CAN
CONTINUE ON WHAT FACILITIES CAN
BE DONE TO BECOME MORE RESILIENT
AND LESS OF A CONTRIBUTOR TO
CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE
CONVERSATION, THE BRIDGE THAT
THE DHS IS WORKING ON TAKING
STEPS TO CROSS TO COMBAT THE
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
CBP UNDERSTANDS THAT ONLY -- NOT
ONLY GETTING A SEAT AT THE RIGHT
DECISION-MAKING TABLE IS ENOUGH,
BUT THE KEY IS TO BE INVOLVED IN
THOSE PERTINENT CONVERSATIONS,
HAVING A VOICE DURING THE
PLANNING PHASES TO IMPLEMENT
THOSE PROJECTS WITH THE
SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENT
SOLUTION, MAKING THE BRIDGE
SHORTER TO CROSS AND ONE STEP
CLOSER TO GUIDE THE RESILIENCE
PROGRAM ON A PATH TO WHERE ALL
ROADS LEAD TO A RESILIENT,
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION
ON CBP RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
ATTENTION.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE, AWN CATO DISCUSS THE
CIS.
A PENSACOLA RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT.
>> I GUESS SHE TOOK YOUR FLAIR,
DAVID.
SO I WILL GO ON.
THANKS, BONNIE.
SO BONNIE JUST PROVIDED THE
STRATEGY CBP AS UTILIZING TO
CONDUCT RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS
ACROSS THEIR PORTFOLIO.
AND I WILL PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF
HOW DHS EXECUTE THEIR RESILIENCE
FRAMEWORK AT A DHS FACILITY.
I WILL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND
INFORMATION TO EXPLAIN WHAT
PROMPTED THE RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT.
THEN I WILL GO OVER THE
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSESSMENT AND
PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE CIS.
A PENSACOLA RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT TO INCLUDE THE
VULNERABILITIES IDENTIFIED AND
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ASSESS
MENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT PROMPTED THE CIS.
A PENSACOLA RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT?
IN ADDITION TO DHS WANTING TO
IDENTIFY GAPS AND
VULNERABILITIES IN THEIR ASSETS,
CIS.
A WANTED TO ALSO IDENTIFY WEAK
NESSES IN OUR MISSION-
ESSENTIAL ASSETS.
ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT CIS.
A IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE
OTHER DHS COMPONENT THAT MOST
FACILITIES ARE LEADS THROUGH GS.
A AND WE WE ARE A MULTITENANT
BUILDING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
OUR FACILITY LOCATED IN
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WHICH IS ON
A NAVAL BASE.
SO IN THE LATTER PART OF JULY
2018, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING
CONDITIONS.
THERE WAS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
THAT OVERWHELMED THE BUILDING
DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT CIS.
A GLEBE ROAD FACILITY LOCATED IN
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, WHICH IS A
MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING
THAT HOUSES ESSENTIAL CIS.
A CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS.
WATER ENTED THE BUILDING IN
MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AND CAUSED A
CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF PRIMARY
ELECTRICAL POWER.
THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR ALSO
FAILED TO ENGAGE SO WITHOUT
POWER, TO HEATING AND
VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING
SYSTEMS, THE TEMP IN THE BUILD
ING INCREASED TO DANGEROUS
LEVELS.
THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN OUR 7
th FLOOR LAND ROOM
TRIGGERED THE FIRE ALARM AND
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN THE ROOM
AND DAMAGED THE CIS.
A EQUIPMENT HOUSED THERE.
THE EQUIPMENT DAMAGE LED TO A
TEMPORARY LOSS OF CRITICAL
SERVICE WHICH IS LASTED IN SOME
FORM FOR OVER A WEEK FOLLOWING
THE INCIDENT AND THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT TOTAL
ED TO ABOUT $7 MILLION IN
BUILDING RENOVATIONS AND
EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT COSTS.
THERE WERE 11 ROOT CAUSES
IDENTIFIED DURING THE FAILURE
BUT I WILL MENTION SOME OF THE
MAIN ISSUES.
THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR FAILED
TO TURN ON WHEN THE BUILDING
LOST POWER.
THE HEAT SENSOR SAYS IN THE
ROOMS AND SKIFFS FAILED DURING
THE POWER OUTAGE AND WITHOUT
POWER THE SENSOR TO THE LAND
ROOM WHICH HAS THE MOST DAMAGE,
STOPPED TRANSMITTING INFORMATION
TO THE NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER
SO PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO GET
TEMP READINGS.
THE WATER BASE FIRE SUPPRESSION
SYSTEM IN THE ROOM WAS NOT
SUITABLE FOR LAND ROOM.
PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO GAIN
ACCESS TO ALL OF THE LAND ROOMS
AND SKIFFS AS THE LOCATION FOR
KEYS TO UNLOCK THE LAND ROOMS
WAS NOT CENTRALIZED AND NO ONE
KNEW WHERE THE KEYS WERE OR WHO
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KEYS.
PERSONNEL WERE UNCLEAR ON WHICH
SERVICES WERE CRITICAL AND NEED
ED TO BE MAINTAINED DURING A
DISRUPTION.
AND SOME PERSONNEL WERE UNAWARE
OF THE SERVICES THAT FELL UNDER
MISSION-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS.
AND SOME CRITICAL FUNCTIONS
LACKED EQUIPMENT REDUNDANCY AND
DATA BACKUP.
SO THIS INCIDENT PROVIDED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW BUSINESS
CONTINUITY ISSUES ACROSS CISA
AND TO DEVISE SEVERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING
DEVELOPING A PATH FORWARD FOR CI
S.
A TO THE MATURE ITS RESILIENCE
AND CONTINUITY POSTURES AND TO
REDUCE THE IMPACT FROM IN DENTS
AND EVENTS THAT CAN POSSIBLY
DISRUPT OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY
IN MISSION-ESSENTIAL ASSETS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CIS.
A PENSACOLA ASSESSMENT WAS TO
CONDUCT A VIRTUAL RESILIENCE
ASSESS WANT TO BRING TOGETHERS
SITE RESILIENCE TEAMS AND ASSESS
THE THREATS, HAZARDS AND
VULNERABILITIES ACROSS ALL
INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUS AREAS
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL GAPS AND
SOLUTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS THE DHS SUSTAINABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS WAS LEAD
ING THE ASSESSMENT WITH THE
ASSISTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL RE
NEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY AND
IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY, SOME
OF THE TASKS THAT NEEDED TO BE
COMPLETED BY CIS.
A, PRIOR TO THE ASSESSMENT
INCLUDED IDENTIFYING SITE
PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE OVERVIEW OF
THE SITE SO THAT ALL WHO
PARTICIPATED COULD OBTAIN A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITE
, LITTLE CONDITIONS AND ANY
POTENTIAL -- ITS CONDITIONS --
AND ANY LIABILITIES.
THIS ASSISTED EVERYONE IN
UNDERSTANDING THE SITE'S MISSION
, NEEDS AND CAPABILITIES.
WE ALSO HAD TO IDENTIFY
PERSONNEL WITHIN THE AGENCY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS ASSESSMENT.
THIS INCLUDED COMPONENT LEADER
SHIP, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
, POINTS OF CONTACT
FROM ALL OF THE FOCUS YEAH, SO
FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION,
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY AND WATER
AND CONTINUITY.
WE HAD TO WORK WITH SITE
PERSONNEL TO COMPLETE THE
VULNERABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE
BEFORE THE ASSESSMENT WHICH WAS
USED TO DIRECT THE DISCUSSION
DURING THE ASSESSMENT AND WAS
USED AS A BASELINE FOR THE CITY
'S VULNERABILITY.
LASTLY THE CORE SCHEDULER OF THE
ASSESSMENT.
SO WE HAD TO COORDINATE DATES
AND TIME OF THE ASSESSMENT WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO SELECT A DATE
AND TIME SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO ON AUGUST 18, 2021,
STAKEHOLDERS FROM CIS.
A, PENSACOLA, THE HEADQUARTERS,
DHS HEADQUARTERS, INL, CONVENED
TO CONDUCT A VIRTUAL SITE ASSESS
MENT.
NATURAL AND MANMADE HAZARDS WERE
DISCUSSED.
RESILIENCE, AS A RESULTABILITIES
WERE IDENTIFIED AND POTENTIAL
ABSOLUTELY WERE PROPOSED.
DURING A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAM WITH DHS HEADQUARTERS,
DISCUSSION CAME UP REGARDING THE
FAILURE AT THE GLEBE ROAD
FACILITY AND DHS OFFERED TO
CONDUCT A RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT
AT ONE OF OUR MISSION-ESSENTIAL
ASSETS IN WHICH MISSING
ESSENTIAL -- MISSION-ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS ARE OCCURRING.
IT WAS DETERMINED WE WOULD
CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT AT OUR
PENCE PENSACOLA FACILITY AND
THIS IS HOW THIS FACILITY WAS
IDENTIFIED.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE RESILIENCE
ASSESSMENT CONSISTED OF AN
INTRODUCTION TO DHS RESILIENCE.
WE WENT THROUGH AN INTRODUCTION
OF ALL OF THE ATTENDEES AND HAD
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF A DHS
RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK OBJECTIVE.
AND THE VIRTUAL ASSESSMENT WAS
PROVIDED.
SO PENSACOLA PROVIDED A VIRTUAL
TOUR OF THE SITE BY USING A
TABLET AND WALKTHROUGH THE SITE
AND PROVIDED A VERY HIGH-LEVEL
SUMMARY INTO OUR OTHER SITE.
WITH DHS OPERATIONS TEAM
PROVIDED A CONTINUITY OF
OPERATIONS OVERVIEW WHICH
INVOLVED IDENTIFYING AND ASSESS
ING DHS FACILITIES AND
ASSETS THROUGH A DEDICATED OPS
TEAMS WHICH ASSESSINGS
DEPARTMENT CAPABILITIES
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
THE IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY
THEN PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE
SITE'S EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIY ON
UTILITY, WATER, ELECTRICITY AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
LAB PROVIDED OVERVIEW OF THE DHS
RESILIENCE BASELINE ASSESSMENT
SCORING TOOL AND WENT OVER THEY
QUESTION-QUESTION VULNERABILITY
DOCUMENT.
AND NREL FACILITATED DISCUSSION
ON SITE CAPABILITIES TO HELP
DETERMINE THE RESILIENCE,
POSTURE AND GAINED CLARIFICATION
ON RESPONSES PROVIDED BY STEAK
HOLDERS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO PENSACOLA IS LOCATED ON NAVAL
AIR STATION CORRIE STATION IN
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
AND ALTHOUGH THE INSTALLATION
HOSTS SEVERAL OF THE NAVY'S
INFORMATION WARFARE TRAINING
COMMANDS, WE OPERATE A BUILDING
ON THE BASE THAT IS NOT
TECHNICALLY A PART OF THE BASE
COMMAND.
SO THE BUILDING OPERATES A CYBER
AND PHYSICAL WATCH FLOOR AND THE
SITE CONTAINS DATA SERVER ROOMS,
MECHANICAL AND COMMUNICATION
ROOMS ALONG WITH OTHER ASSETS.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGES THE
RESILIENCE OF THE SITE BUT THEY
STAY OUT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONS.
AND THE ASSESSMENT WE HAD OUR
HEADQUARTER STAFF TO INCLUDE OUR
PENSACOLA DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AND SITE FACILITY
MANAGER.
FROM LEADERSHIP, WE HAD THE
CHIEF OPERATIONS SUPPORT OFFICER
AND THEN HAD A VARIETY OF STAFF
TO INCLUDE THE CONTINUITY
PLANNER, REPRESENTATIVES FROM
FACILITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL, OUR
INTEGRATED OPERATIONS DIVISION,
EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS,
COMMUNICATIONS, DHS
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAM, DHS OPERATIONS AND
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM INL
AND INREL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE PENSACOLA DEPUTY DIRECTOR
EQUIPPED WITH A CAMERA-ENABLED
TABLET TOOK PARTICIPANTS THROUGH
A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE FACILITY.
THE VIRTUAL TOUR WAS SO SEAMLESS
WITH NO GLITCHES OR SNAGS AND IT
WAS LIKE WE WERE ACTUALLY AT THE
FACILITY IN PERSON.
THE TOUR BEGAN IN THE ELECTRICAL
ROOM SHOW SHOWING MAIN SWITCH
GEARS AND PANEL SPACES, WHICH
HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE POT
PORTAL POWER TO THE BUILDING.
NEXT WE TOURED THE MECHANICAL
ROOM WITH CHILLERS AND PUMPS TO
CIRCULATE CHILLED WATER
THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING FOR COOL
ING NEEDS.
ONE THING THAT WAS NOTED WAS
THAT THE MECHANICAL ROOM WAS
EMACULATE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CLEAN
MECHANICAL ROOM.
THE STAFF AT THE FACILITY
DEFINITELY TAKES PRIDE IN
MAINTAINING THE CLEANLINESS OF
THE MECHANICAL ROOM FOR
OPERATIONS.
AND FINALLY, WE TOURED THE
EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING TO
INCLUDE TWO DIESEL GENERATORS
AND ON-SITE FUEL STORAGE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TO AASSIST WITH DETERMINING SITE
AS A RESULT ADULTS TO HAZARDS,
THE HEADQUARTERS EMERGENCY
OPERATION BRANCH AND PENSACOLA
STAFF RESPONDED TO A 30-QUESTION
VULNERABILITY DOCUMENT PRIOR TO
THE VIRTUAL RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT.
THESE RESPONSES SERVED AS INPUTS
TO THE RESILIENCE BASELINE
ASSESSMENT SCORING TOOL AND
GUIDED MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS
DURING THE ASSESSMENT.
OVERALL, MINOR SITE
VULNERABILITIES WERE IDENTIFIED
AS A RESULT OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE
AND DISCUSSION, WHICH I WILL
BRIEFLY GO INTO SHORTLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TO BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH THE
PENSACOLA SITE DEPENDENCY AND
THE FOUR FOCUS AREAS, SO FOR
ENERGY AND WATER, THE MISSION AT
PENSACOLA IS DEPENDENT ON
ELECTRICITY TO SUPPORT ON SITE
ACTIVITIES.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE BACKUP
GENERATORS WHICH INCREASES THE
REDUNDANCY OF THE IT SYSTEM AS
WELL AS FOR BUSINESS AND BUILD
ING OPERATIONS.
WATER IS USED FOR POTABLE
PURPOSES AND CHILLED WATER IS
USED FOR SPACE COOLING.
AS FAR AS FACILITIES, THE SITE
IS LOCATED ON A SUB INSTALLATION
OF THE NAVY AIR STATION, CORRIE
STATION, AND HAS A LAND USE
AGREEMENT WITH THE NAVY.
SITE ACCESS IS REQUIRED TO
CONDUCT CLASSIFIED WORK.
FOR INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, THE
PENSACOLA MISSION IS DEPENDENT
ON INTIMATE AND COMMUNICATION
SERVICES AND DATA CENTERS ARE ON
SITE.
AND FINALLY, FOR TRANSPORTATION,
THE SITE HAS A LOW DEPENDENCY ON
TRANSPORTATION ASSETS AND THE
SITE HAS DUAL ACCESS ENTRANCES.
WHEN THE SITE DEPENDENCY AND THE
RESPONSES TO THE VULNERABILITY
QUESTIONNAIRE WERE ENTERED INTO
THE RESILIENCE BASELINE ASSESS
MENT SCORING TOOL,
RESILIENCE RATING RESULTED FOR
THE PENSACOLA SITE WHICH MEANS
THAT THERE WERE VULNERABILITIES
IDENTIFIED THAT COULD BE
MITIGATED TO INCREASE THE
RESILIENCE POSTURE OF THE
FACILITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THERE WERE SIX KEY RESILIENCE
GAPS IDENTIFIED FROM THIS ASSESS
MENT AND I WILL BRIEFLY GO
OVER EACH OF THEM WITH THEIR
PROPOSED MITIGATIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE
PERIMETER FENCE FOR THE NAVY
INSTALLATION IS LOCATED NEXT TO
A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE
CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISIONS AND
NAVY SECURITY GUARDS ARE
CURRENTLY USED TO SECURE THE
BUILDING.
A MITIGATION STRATEGY TO
IMPLEMENT TO INCREASE RESILIENCE
WOULD BE TO ENHANCE SECURITY
MEASURES BY CONSTRUCTING A
SECONDARY SECURITY FRONT AROUND
THE PERIMETER OF THE PENSACOLA
BUILDING AND INSTALLING
ADDITIONAL CLOSED-CIRCUIT
TELEVISIONS TO CLOSE THE
COVERAGE GAP.
ANOTHER VULNERABILITY IDENTIFIED
IS THAT THE SERVER ROOM IN THE
PENSACOLA BUILDING HAS A WATER-
BASE FIRE SUPPRESSION
SYSTEM IN WHICH WE KNOW WATER
CAN CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE.
SO THE MITIGATION FOR THIS IS TO
USE CLEAN AGENT FIRE SUPPRESSION
WITH NON CONDUCTIVE GAS WHICH
LEAVES NO RESIDUE BEHIND WHEN
DISCHARGED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE THIRD VULNERABILITY IS THAT
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
ARE RELIANT ON THE NAVY AND THEY
USE HIGH FREQUENCY RADIOS AND
SATELLITE PHONES SO THE
MITIGATION WOULD BE TO LOOK INTO
GETTING ADDITIONAL SERVICE
PROVIDER IN THE EVENT OF THE
LOSS OF THE CURRENT PROVIDER,
WHICH IS.
A T&T AND TO ALSO ENSURE THAT
ALL CRITICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CIRCUITS HAVE DHS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
PRIORITY PROVISIONING WHICH
ALLOWS NEW SERVICE TO BE
INSTALLED FASTER THAN THE NORMAL
PROCESS.
ANOTHER RESILIENCE GAP
IDENTIFIED IS THAT THE DIESEL
GENERATORS ON SITE ARE THE SOLE
SOURCE OF BACKUP ELECTRICITY FOR
THE FACILITY, WHICH CAN LAST UP
TO 14 DAYS IN THE EVENT OF A
DISASTER.
THE MITIGATION FOR THIS IS TO
INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF
DIVERSIFYING THE SITE'S BACKUP
GENERATION FOOLS TO INCLUDE NON-
DIESEL ON-SITE ELECTRICITY
SOURCES THAT CAN OPERATE IN
PARALLEL WITH EXISTING
GENERATORS.
SO THAT MEANS LOOKING INTO SOLAR
, AND BATTERY ENERGY STORED
SYSTEMS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE FIFTH RESILIENCE
VULNERABILITY IDENTIFIED IS THAT
THE SITE PROVIDES ACCESS TO MANY
TRAINEES AND MILITARY PERSONNEL.
ONE WAY TO IMPROVE THIS IS TO
ESTABLISH SCREENING PROCESSES TO
BETTER CONTROL SITE ACCESS AND
TO IMPLEMENT SITE SCREENING
PRIOR TO BUILDING ENTRY.
AND THE LAST GAP IDENTIFIED IS
THAT THE BUILDING SYSTEMS ARE
OPERATED THROUGH A LOCAL OFF-
LINE LAPTOP.
THE MITIGATION FOR THIS IS TO
CONSIDER REDUNDANT BUILD BUILD
ING SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS
AND DOCUMENT MANUAL OPERATING
PROCEDURES IN EVENT OF LAPTOP
FAILURE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> I THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY MUT
ED YOURSELF.
>> I DID.
I'M SORRY: ABOUT.
THAT SO THE ASSESSMENT
IDENTIFIED BEST PRACTICES
PENSACOLA UTILIZES TO INCLUDE
THE PENSACOLA EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS BRANCH BEING ENGAGED
IN THE ASSESSMENT AND INVOLVED
WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDING
OPERATIONS.
ALSO, PENSACOLA IS IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH THE NAVAL AIR
STATION, CORRIE STATION PARTNERS
THE HQ IS THE PROACTIVELY WORK
ING WITH LEADERSHIP TO
ASSIST WITH SITE NEEDS.
THE BACKUP SITE IS FULLY
REDUNDANT AND ABLE TO FULFILL
OPERATIONS DURING DISRUPTIONS TO
THE PENSACOLA SITE AND THREATS
AND HAZARDS ARE ACTIVELY
MONITORED WITH RESPONSE PLANS IN
PLACE.
SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE
BEST PRACTICES, THE KEY
TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PENSACOLA
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT ARE, SITE
EMERGENCY OPERATORS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED WITH
RESILIENCE PLANNING PROFESSOR
RALS IN ORDER TO ENSURE
COORDINATION ON LONG TERM
EFFORTS.
ALSO PENSACOLA MUST MAINTAIN ITS
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAVY TO
ENSURE RELIABLE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
FUEL SUPPLIES AND SECURITY
SERVICES.
AND THE SITE SHOULD CONDITION
TESTING ITS BACKUP POWER SYSTEMS
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE OUTCOME
OF THE PENSACOLA RESILIENCE
ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT
THE SITE IS DOING OUTSTANDING IN
AS WELL AS SEVERAL AREAS THAT WE
CAN IMPROVE UPON AND FORTIFY AND
WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT OUR
HEADQUARTERS FACILITY AT THE
SAINT ELIZABETH'S CAMPUS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. IS BEING
CONSTRUCTED TO BE AS RESILIENT
AS POSSIBLE AS IT PERTAINS TO
ENERGY AND WATER, INFORMATION
AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND
TRANSPORTATION.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
REPLICATING THIS RESILIENCE
ASSESSMENT PROCESS ONCE THE
FACILITY IS OPERATIONAL.
SO THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEF ON
THE PENSACOLA RESILIENCE ASSESS
MENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE SLIDES WE
HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU ALL TODAY.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
REMINDER TO PLEASE SUBMIT THEM
THROUGH THE CHAT AND THEN WE'LL
TRY TO GET TO THEM.
STEPHAN, DO YOU WANT ME TO
ANSWER THE -- READ OFF THE
QUESTIONS WE HAVE SO FAR?
I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A YES.
THE FIRST WAS, WILL THESE SLIDES
BE SHARED?
AND YES THESE SLIDES WILL BE
SHARED TO THE FED CENTER.
I BELIEVE WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT
ALREADY.
ALL SLIDES WILL BE SHARED
THROUGH THE FED CENTER.
QUESTION NUMBER 2, I THINK THIS
IS GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY TO
YOU.
DID THE NAVY FACILITY USE A
MICROGRID ON SITE?
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
>> THAT I'M NOT SURE OF.
BUT I DON'T THINK SO.
DAVID, WHEN WE WERE GOING
THROUGH -- I DON'T THINK SO,.
>> FROM MY RECOLLECTION, YOU GOT
YOUR POWER FROM THE LOCAL
ACTIVITY.
-- UTILITY.
YOU WERE NOT GETTING YOUR POWER
FROM A NAVY CENTRAL UTILITY PLAN
I KNOW A LOT OF DOD INSTALLATION
S WILL HAVE CENTRAL
UTILITY PLANS WHERE THEY ARE
CREATING THEIR OWN HOT WATER OR
STEAM OR CHILLED WATER AND
POTENTIALLY ELECTRICITY AS WELL.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE
CASE FOR YOU GUYS.
>> CORRECT.
THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT BUT I
WASN'T SURE.
>> THERE IS A QUESTION IN HERE
THAT I THINK MARIE IS PROBABLY
BEST SUITED FOR.
DO YOU GUYS, ASSUMING DHS, OFFER
GRANTS TO GET A METER FOR A NON-
GS.
A BUILDING?
>> NO, TO THE BEST OF MY
KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE NO GRANTS
FOR METERS FOR THOSE BUILDINGS.
CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE DOING A
PROJECT THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVELY
-FINANCED CONTRACT
SUCH AS U.
A SC OR ANOTHER GRANT, THERE IS
PROBABLY A POTENTIAL TO INCLUDE
METERS IN THAT PROJECT BUT I
DON'T KNOW OF ANY SPECIFIC
GRANTS FOR METERS.
>> METERS ARE ALWAYS AY TOUGH
ONE AND ESPECIALLY TRYING TO GET
INTO THE MORE ADVANCED METERING
WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET MORE
DETAILED UTILITY DATA WHERE YOU
HAVE INTERVAL DATA, SOMETHING
LIKE AN HOUR INTERVAL OR 15-
MINUTE INTERVAL; AND
UTILITIES WILL OFTEN PUT THOSE
IN WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT LIKE
PV COMING IN.
SO THEY CAN MONITOR THE POWER
PRODUCTION OF THE PV ON AN
HOURLY SCALE.
OR IF YOU HAVE A UTILITY THAT
HAS A TIME OF USE PRICING WHERE
THE TIME OF DAY THAT YOU'RE
GETTING CHARGED MATTERS AS
OPPOSED TO JUST MONTHLY CHARGE.
BUT OFTENTIMES THOSE UTILITIES
ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PUTTING
THOSE IN AS A REQUIREMENT IN
ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THOSE
PROGRAMS.
FOR DHS, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE
IS ANY GRANTS FOR THOSE TYPES OF
METERS.
THERE IS A QUESTION HERE FOR THE
PENSACOLA SITE.
DOES THE BUILDING HAVE A
BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM?
AND IF SO, HOW IS THE
CYBERSECURITY APPLICATION BEING
ADDRESSED?
THERE IS A SECOND PART HERE SAY
ING, DOES THE SITE HAVE OR
ARE THERE PLANS TO INSTALL,
MICROGRID TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE
TO INSTALL POWER IF GRID
ELECTRICITY IS INTERRUPTED?
>> SO I CAN SAY THAT SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE
BETTER ANSWERED BY SOME OF THE
SITE FACILITY FOLKS THERE AND
OUR OPERATIONS FOLKS COULD
ANSWER THE CYBERSECURITY SIDE.
AS FAR AS THE SECOND HALF OF
THAT QUESTION, I CAN SAY THAT
RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK THAT IS
AN ACTUAL PLAN TO INSTALL A
MICROGRID.
I KNOW THE VULNERABILITIES THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED IN THIS
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW
ARE LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN MADE
AWARE OF IT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED BUY-IN.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR LEADERSHIP IS
WORKING WITH OUR FACILITY FOLKS
AS WELL AS WITH OUR N.
A F.
A C -- NAVAL FACILITY FOLKS, TO
TRY TO PRIORITIZE THE
VULNERABILITIES IN GETTING THEM
WORKED OUT AT THE PENSACOLA
FACILITY.
BUT AS FAR AS THE MICROGRID,
THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE ITEMS
THAT IS IN THE NEAR TERM.
>> AND I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE B.
A S OR THE BUILDING AUTOMATION
SYSTEM.
SO THEY DID HAVE A BUILDING
AUTOMATION SYSTEM.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE IDENTIFIED
GAPS.
IT IS NOT A LOWIFY SYSTEM BUT
IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THE
INTERNET.
IT'S CONNECTED TO A SING OLE'
LAPTOP RUNNING THEIR BUILDING
AUTOMATION SYSTEM -- SINGLE.
THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM IS ON A
LOCAL DEVICE THAT IS NOT CONNECT
ED TO ANY OF THE OTHER
CYBERSECURITY.
SO THERE WASN'T ANY PASSAGE OF
INFORMATION BETWEEN THAT LAPTOP
BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND
THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
AND ANY CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS
THERE.
SO THAT SAY HARD-LINE THAT CAN'T
GET OVER THAT FIREWALL VERY
EASILY.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MICROGRID
, YOU COULD IN A SENSE
SAY THE SITE ALREADY HAS A MICRO
GRID BECAUSE IT HAS BACKUP
GENERATORS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE
SOMETIMES OVERLOOK WHEN YOU DO
HAVE A BUILDING WITH BACKUP
GENERATORS IN ORDER TO RUN AND
OPERATE THAT BACKUP GENERATION,
THAT BUILDING IS ISOLATED FROM
THE GRID.
IT'S RUNNING ON THOSE BACKUP
GENERATORS.
SO IT DOES HAVE THAT ALREADY.
AND THEY HAVE QUITE AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY.
THEY DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB AT
MONITORING THEIR FUEL AND MAKING
SURE THAT THEIR FUEL SUPPLY WAS
READY AND AVAILABLE.
BUT THEN THE PHYSICAL GENERATORS
THEMSELVES SOMETIMES THERE WERE
SOME ISSUES THERE.
SO THE IDEA OF DIVERSIFYING AND
BRINGING IN SOME BACKUP PV OR
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS,
GIVES YOU MORE OPTIONS AND
FLEXIBILITY IN THE CASE THAT
MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT THERE IS ONE
DISRUPTION AT A TIME.
MAYBE THERE IS MULTIPLE
DISRUPTIONS AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH
GAS PRICES GOING UP RECENTLY AS
WE HAVE SEEN WITH NATURAL GAS
PIPELINES BEING THREATENED WITH
CYBERSECURITY.
THERE ARE THREATS TO THE SUPPLY
CHAIN OF DIESEL AND OTHER FUEL
SOURCES AND SO HAVING THAT DI
VERSEIFICATION GIVES
FLEXIBILITY TO A SITE TO BE ABLE
TO ADAPT TO WHATEVER THE
CONDITIONS ARE.
THERE IS A QUESTION HERE THAT
MARIE MIGHT BE IN YOUR VEIN FROM
ANNE.
IN WHAT WAYS CLIMATE INFORMATION
AND TOOLS DO DHS'S EFFORTS USE
FORWARD-LOOKING CLIMATE
PROJECTIONS IN CLIMATE SCENARIO
ANALYSIS?
ESSENTIALLY WHAT ARE YOUR
PROGRAMS, SITES AND FACILITIES
PLANNING FOR?
AND BONNIE IF YOU HAVE ANY
INSIGHT, PLEASE AS WELL.
>> WELL, THIS IS A GREAT
QUESTION AND I LOVE THIS
QUESTION BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN
THIS AREA.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO
MIND ARE WITHIN OUR RESILIENCE
ASSESSMENTS, WE LOOK AT AN ALL
HAZARDS APPROACH.
SO HOW CLIMATE MIGHT IMPACT OUR
RESILIENCE THROUGH FLOODING AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE ALL HAZARDS WITH
WILDFIRES, EARTHQUAKES, THAT'S
NOT CLIMATE RELATED BUT
HURRICANES AND IMPACTS FROM
WEATHER-RELATED EVENTS AS WELL
AS NATURAL DISASTERS THAT COULD
BE RELATED TO CLIMATE.
WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE
FEMA, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND THEY HAVE
A PRETTY HEAVY LIFT WHEN IT
COMES TO ALL THE CLIMATE AND
RESILIENCE EFFORTS AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE THE FLOOD RISK
PROGRAM SO ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE LIKE OR HAVE TO LOOK AT,
HAVING U.S. COASTGUARD AND CDP
AND A LOT OF OUR OTHER
COMPONENTS, THEY ARE LOCATED
ALONG OCEAN FRONTS, SEA FRONTS,
RIVER FRONTS, WHERE YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE IMPACTS FROM SEA-LEVEL
RISE AND FLOODING RISK.
SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT IS
GREATLY IMPACTED WOULD BE THE
FEMA FLOOD PROGRAM.
WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THINGS GOING ON IN THE ARCTIC.
CLIMATE HAS IMPACTED THE ARCTIC
SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE ARE SEEING
A LOT OF I GUESS MELT.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING UP INTO THE ARCTIC WHO
NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH
THOSE AREAS BEFORE.
SO, WE ARE TAKING ALL OF THAT
INTO CONSIDERATION.
IT IMPACTS OUR PROGRESS AND SOME
OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT ARE
ONGOING NOW.
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT TO
TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE WITH
SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES.
SO GREAT QUESTION.
AND DAVID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
OR THE REST OF THE TEAM HAD
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
>> HI, YES, I DID AS WELL.
AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE ARE DEFINITELY LEANING ON THE
TOOLS THAT IS USED WITHIN THE
RESILIENCE PROGRAM GOING THROUGH
THOSE QUESTIONS AND IDENTIFYING
THOSE GAPS, IDENTIFYING THOSE
VULNERABILITIES AND CONTINUING
THE DISCUSSIONS OF ENSURING THAT
THE REDUCTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ARE ACTUALLY BEING
BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TO THE FORE
FRONT.
WE ARE ALSO LEANING ON THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS STATED
PREVIOUSLY.
AND LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT
PRIORITIES, HOW DOES THAT EFFECT
DHS?
HOW DOES THAT EFFECT OUR
RESILIENCE?
AND FINDING A WAY TO MOVE THEM
FORWARD AND TO COLLABORATE WITH
THEM AS WELL.
SO IT IS A JOINT EFFORT ALL
AROUND.
WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IS ON THE FORE
FRONT WITHIN THE RESILIENCE
PROGRAM AND WITHIN THE
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS AND FIND
ING WAYS TO MITIGATE AND
REDUCE THE IMPACTS.
>> SPECIFICALLY IN THE TOOLS
THAT ARE BEING USED, OUR BEST
TOOL, WHICH IS MENTIONED,
INTERNALLY TO THE GEOSPATIAL
TOOLS BEING USED TO MAP THOSE
FLOOD RISKS, AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
AND THEN FROM A PLANNING
PERSPECTIVE, A PROGRAM
PERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF THAT IS
THAT LONG TERM LOOK OF WHAT DOES
IMMIGRATION LOOK LIKE IN 30
YEARS?
WHAT DO OUR COASTAL LINES LOOK
LIKE IN 30 YEARS?
WHAT DOES THE ARCTIC LOOK LIKE?
HAVING THAT LONG-TERM APPROACH
FOR PROJECTIONS AND ROLLING
THOSE INTO THE NEAR-TERM, WHAT
PROJECTS DO WE NEED TO INITIATE
NOW?
IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION WE
ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AT THE
MOMENT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES
LEFT.
I DON'T SEE ANYMORE QUESTIONS IN
THE CHAT OR DIALOGUE.
BUT WE CAN HANG ON HERE FOR
ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO AND SEE IF
ANYTHING ELSE COMINGS UP.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
COMING THROUGH THE E-MAIL BOX
YET.
BUT AS THEY SAID, IT DOES TAKE A
MINUTE OR TWO.
IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME I WILL
PROVIDE THEM TO MARIE SO YOU CAN
RESPOND TO THEM LATER.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHAN.
>> HAPPY TO.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS OUTSIDE
CONTRACTOR AT DOE NATIONAL LAB,
WORKING WITH DHS, HELPING THEM
TO ESTABLISH THESE TOOLS AND
PROGRAMS BUT THEN LETTING THEM
TAKE CONTROL OF IT THE WAY THAT
CBP HAS REALLY TAKEN CONTROL OF
THEIR ASSESSMENTS ACROSS THEIR
SITES TO SAY, WE NEED TO HAVE
THESE PRIORITY ACTION SITES THAT
WE ARE ASSESSING, BRINGING IT IN
HOUSE HAS BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE
THE TEAM THAT WILL WAS PUT
TOGETHER AT CIS.
A, THE WAY THE STAKEHOLDERS ON
SITE WERE SO ENGAGED IN THEIR
MISSION SPACE AND MAKING SURE
THEIR SITE WAS RESILIENT.
WE COULD TELL THEY WANTED TO
MAKES THEIR SITE AS RESILIENT AS
POSSIBLE AND OPEN TO DIE LOGS
AND CONVERSATIONS.
SO IF YOU ARE IN THAT FEDERAL
MANAGER, ENERGY MANAGER SPACE,
REACHING OUT TO THE SITES, WORK
ING WITH THEM AND THEN
GIVING THEM THE TOOLS AND
LETTING THEM GO.
IT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE.
STEPHAN, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS COMING IN.
I THINK WE ARE JUST AT ABOUT 2:
30.
IF ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COME
IN, WE WILL TRY TO GET TO THEM.
I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW PANEL
ISTS, MARIE AND BONNIE AND.
A MEKE.