PTI Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines - Metropolitan ...

Contents
Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................................... 1
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Purpose of the Guidelines............................................................................................................. 3
1.2 What Is Energy Assurance and Why Is It Important?..................................................................... 4
1.3 Energy Assurance Challenges....................................................................................................... 5
2 Issues to Consider When Developing a Local Energy Assurance Plan................................................ 7
2.1 Collaborating on Local Energy Assurance Planning: Relationship Building................................. 7
2.2 Taking an All-Hazards Approach.................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Identifying Energy Infrastructure Interdependencies.................................................................... 8
2.4 Understanding Continuity of Operations Plans........................................................................... 11
2.5 Determining Information Sharing and Situational Awareness Needs......................................... 12
2.6 Understanding the Impacts of New and Alternative Technologies on
Energy Assurance Planning............................................................................................... 15
2.6.1 The Smart Grid............................................................................................................................. 15
2.6.2 Renewable Energy Technologies................................................................................................. 16
2.6.3 Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generation, and Energy Assurance............................................. 20
2.7 Cyber Security and Energy Assurance Planning.......................................................................... 26
3 How to Develop or Enhance a Local Energy Assurance Plan............................................................. 29
3.1 Introduction to the Ten-Step Local-Level Planning Framework.................................................. 29
3.2 Step One: Build an Energy Assurance Response and Planning Team........................................ 29
3.2.1 Designate an Energy Assurance Coordinator............................................................................. 30
3.2.2 Establish an Energy Assurance Working Group.......................................................................... 31
3.2.3 Build Personnel Redundancy into the Planning Framework....................................................... 35
3.3 Step Two: Know the Emergency Authority Framework............................................................... 36
3.4 Step Three: Understand Response Roles and Responsibilities................................................... 40
3.5 Step Four: Know the Local Government Energy Profile............................................................. 45
3.6 Step Five: Identify Energy Suppliers............................................................................................ 46
3.6.1 Local Energy Suppliers/Infrastructure Operators and Contracts................................................. 47
3.6.2 Local Energy Infrastructure/Energy Usage Characteristics.......................................................... 50
3.7 Step Six: Know the Primary Contacts and Related Partners........................................................ 51
3.8 Step Seven: Identify Key Assets within the Jurisdiction.............................................................. 56
3.8.1 Identify the Infrastructure Providing Essential Local Services...................................................... 56
3.8.2 Develop an Understanding of Existing Public and Private Sector Response Plans to
Determine Which Key Assets Are Most Vulnerable to an
Energy Supply Disruption or Emergency.......................................................................... 59
3.9 Step Eight: Develop an Energy Assurance Crisis Communications Protocol............................. 62
3.9.1 Internal Protocols/Message Coordination................................................................................... 63
3.9.2 External—Communicating with the Public and the Media......................................................... 63
3.10 Step Nine: Develop Additional Local, State, Regional, and
Federal Partnerships for Energy Assurance...................................................................... 67
3.10.1 Public Sector Partnerships........................................................................................................... 67
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