1. Local Energy Assurance Planning:
Sponsored by: The Chula Vista Case Study
Craig Ruiz, Office of Economic Development, City of Chula Vista, California
Doug Newman, National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities
Goal & Objectives
Participants
Process
Plan Highlights
Next Steps
2. Goal & Objectives
Goal
Develop & implement an energy assurance & resiliency plan for
Chula Vista to maintain operations of critical facilities & functions
during accidental or intentional disruption of energy supplies
Project Objectives
Determine the short-term technology solutions to temporarily
meet the energy demand of critical facilities & functions
Determine the policy, procedural, financing & training
mechanisms needed to support the technology solutions
Ensure that the planned solutions and mechanisms reinforce Federal,
state & regional emergency response objectives & are tested
Design a long-term technology solution to permanently meet energy
demand for critical facilities & functions & to enhance grid reliability
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3. Participants
Task Force Member Organizations
Federal
– Energy, Environmental Quality
& Emergency Management Agencies
State of California
– Energy, Environmental Quality, Emergency
Management & Transportation Agencies
San Diego County
– Emergency Management & Regional Planning Agencies,
– The Cities of Coranado, Lemon Grove & San Diego
Other LEAP Pilot Cities
– Cities of Visalia & San Jose, CA
– City of Phoenix, AZ
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4. Participants
Task Force Member Organizations
Federal
– Energy, Environmental Quality
& Emergency Management Agencies
State of California
– Energy, Environmental Quality, Emergency
Management & Transportation Agencies
San Diego County
– Emergency Management & Regional Planning Agencies,
– The Cities of Coronado, Lemon Grove & San Diego
Other LEAP Pilot Cities
– Cities of Visalia & San Jose, CA
– City of Phoenix, AZ
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5. Participants
Task Force Member Organizations (continued)
City of Chula Vista
– City Council & the Department/Divisions/Offices of Public
Safety, Fire, Public Works, Public Communications,
Environmental Services, Planning & Building, Economic
Development, Transportation & Fleet Management
Utilities & Services Serving Chula Vista
– Electricity, Gas, Water, Wastewater, Telecommunications
Critical & Long-term Care Facilities
– Hospitals & Nursing Homes
School Institutions & University Advisors
– High School & Elementary School Districts
– Univ. CA San Diego & San Diego State University
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6. Participants
Project Management & Consultants
Project Management
– Chula Vista Office of Economic Development
Engineering
– Burns & McDonnell Engineering
Kansas City, MO
Policy
– National Energy Center for Sustainable
Communities - Arlington, VA
Planning
– National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities
College of Engineering, SDSU San Diego, CA
& Chicago, IL
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7. Planning Process
Four Planning Components
1. Short-Term Technology Solutions
2. Financing, Policies & Procedures
3. Workforce Training & Testing
4. A Long-Term Technology Solution
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8. Planning Process
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Component #1 Short-Term Technology Solutions
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Component #2 Financing, Policy & Procedures
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Component #3 Workforce Training & Operations Testing
Component #4 Long-Term Technology Solution
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Plan Formulation & Adoption
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Task Force Input
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9. Planning Process
Component #1
Short-Term Technology Solutions
Facility Assessment
Inventory facilities & facility ownership / management
Develop a plan element for the consolidation of essential
municipal operations in the fewest number of facilities
Prioritize facility criticality by functions & impacts:
(e.g.: life saving, life sustaining, critical communications, etc.)
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10. Planning Process
Component #1
Short-Term Technology Solutions
Facility Assessment (continued)
Conduct onsite energy audits for priority facilities
Calculate energy demand for required operations
Identify no-cost / low cost alternatives to reduce demand
– Estimate potential energy demand reduction
Record energy output of existing back-up systems,
(stationary or mobile / roll-up units) for each facility
– Calculate energy shortfall for each facility
Evaluate technology alternatives to meet the shortfall
(examine economic & environmental costs & benefits)
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11. Planning Process
Component #1
Short-Term Technology Solutions
Fuel Assessment
Establish a schedule for routine testing / inspections of onsite
generators (checking fuel supplies & standby mode), fuel storage
capacity & for replenishment of fuel storage facilities
– To include inspection of automatic fuel reserve sensors
Establish worse-case scenario fuel demand & tanker delivery plan
Establish primary & alternate refueling routes
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12. Planning Process
Component #1
Short-Term Technology Solutions
Fuel Assessment (continued)
Identify & schedule training for fueling & delivery personnel
– Distribute a facility priority list for refueling
Develop a communications protocol for all personnel
Schedule routine testing for all roll-up generators
Establish a plan component to ensure facilities requiring
uninterruptable power supply (UPS) can obtain them
Execute advanced emergency purchase authorizations for fuel
acquisition with suppliers ensuring a minimum of 72 hrs. supply
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13. Planning Process
Component #2
Financing, Policies & Procedures
Financing
Develop a strategic investment element that sets out
technology & systems-specific financing strategies for the
short & long-term technology solutions in the plan
– Specify financing options & staging of investments
Develop a strategic investment schedule to stage
facility hardening
Develop an investment schedule to build a diverse
portfolio of back-up energy technologies
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14. Planning Process
Component #2
Financing, Policies & Procedures
Policies
Cite all relevant legal authorities for planned action elements
Ensure the plan’s alignment with the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) under the National Response Framework & other
applicable Federal or state mandates
– (including those of CEC, COEM, CalTrans, SANDAG)
Ensure alignment with local utility emergency energy & operations
plans (e.g.: SDG&E, Otay & Sweetwater Water Districts, SDMWD)
Draft changes to all existing Mutual Aid Agreements between
the City & other entities to accommodate plan elements
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15. Planning Process
Component #2
Financing, Policies & Procedures
Procedures
Develop a plan element to accommodate relocated personnel to
consolidated service facilities & ensure they understand their role
Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) to routinely
exercise onsite & roll-up generators
–including fueling, start-up, checking for functionality & readiness
Recruit primary & alternate personnel to operate refueling equipment
Develop a written explanation on how the priority fueling list was
developed & circulate to relevant personnel
Prepare & schedule training on the operation of emergency
communications equipment for all relevant personnel
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16. Planning Process
Component #3
Workforce Training
& Operations Testing
Training
Establish routine training for delivery of fuel to critical facilities
– Ensure training / direction on primary & alternate routes
Establish routine training & exercises for personnel operating
onsite & roll-up generators
Establish routine training for fuel storage personnel to ensure
they understand how to read fuel reserve sensors & to order fuel
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17. Planning Process
Component #3
Workforce Training
& Operations Testing
Operations Testing
Scenario-based testing of Chula Vista’s Energy Assurance Plan
– Scenarios generated by NARUC
Follow-on report to U.S.DOE on lessons learned
Revisions to the final plan to address areas of concern
Adoption & implementation of the plan
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18. Planning Process
Component #4
Framework for a Long-Term
Technology Solution
Assess the feasibility of a local renewable energy center
dedicated to the support of critical community infrastructure
that could serve Chula Vista & surrounding communities
Assess the feasibility of creating a microgrid(s) within Chula
Vista that incorporate advanced metering & other Smart Grid
technologies to provide rapid switching & load shedding for
critical circuits, & islanding capability for critical facilities
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19. Planning Process
Component #4
Framework for a Long-Term
Technology Solution
Assess technologically & economically feasible energy system
design alternatives that integrate distributed generation (DG)
& / or Combined Heat & Power (CHP) equipment, delivery,
monitoring, control & communications components with
existing metropolitan electricity & natural gas infrastructure
– Designs will feature distributed generation technologies
capable of operating on natural gas during non-emergency
periods & a variety of locally available renewable & waste
fuel stocks during emergencies
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20. Planning Process
Component #4
Framework for a Long-Term
Technology Solution
Assess the feasibility of implementing
solar & battery powered traffic signals
& streetlights at critical intersections to
would ensure continued traffic flow
& safety during power disruptions
Examine both permanent & roll-up units
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21. Plan Highlights
LEAP Vulnerabilities
Potential Hazards
Wildfire/Structural Fire
Geologic (Earthquake, Landslide, Liquefaction)
Hazardous Materials Releases
Floods / Dam Inundation
Other – Airplane Crashes)
Energy & Fuel Systems
Need for Extended Fuel Storage at Municipal Facilities
Need for Community Congregation with Energy Assurance
Need for HVAC Modifications to the Emergency Ops. Center
Need for Equipment Inspection, Maintenance & Training
Missed Opportunity to Use Supplemental Solar
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22. Plan Highlights
LEAP Vulnerabilities
Energy & Fuel Systems (continued)
Need for Continuous Fuel Monitoring
Need for Revisions in Vendor Contracts
Continuity of Operations
Need for an Energy Emergency Consolidation Plan
Need for Revisions to Mutual Aid Agreements
Constituent Needs
Need for a Shelters Operations Plan
Needed Measures to Energy Supplies for the
Functional Needs Population
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23. Plan Highlights
LEAP Goals
Eleven (11) Goals
1. Municipal Fuel Supplies for 72-hours of operation
2. Private Fuel Supplies for 72-hours of operation
3. Energy Assurance for all Future CCFs/FSFNs
4. Adequate Congregate Care Shelters with Energy Assurance
5. Trained Personnel for all Energy Assurance Systems
6. Fully Equipped EOC for Extended Operations
7. Practiced Plan in Place for Consolidation of Municipal Personnel
8. Energy Assurance Plan Incorporated into the City’s EOP.
9. A Stand-Alone, Permanent Energy Assurance Grid
10. Adequate Capital to Achieve All Plan Goals
11. Adequate Public & Private Aid Agreements in Place
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24. Plan Highlights
LEAP Objectives & Actions
LEAP Goal #2: All privately-owned facilities supporting residents with functional needs
(FSFNs) will have sufficient electrical energy supplies for a minimum of
72-hours of continuous operation without refueling
Objective 2.A: Encourage Private Facilities to Install Adequate Tank Capacity
Action 2.A.1 Draft an advisory letter to facility managers on the need for the 72-hour capacity
Action 2.A.2 Conduct a briefing at each facility to explain the City’s request
Objective 2.B: Investigate Petroleum Set-Aside Program Supplements
Action 2.B.1 Contact the California Energy Commission to determine whether the inclusion of
supplemental fuel requests for the privately-owned FSFNs can be included with the
City’s application for supplemental fuel under California’s Petroleum Fuels Set-Aside
Program. If so, take the following actions.
Objective 2.C: Determine Facility Supplemental Fuel Requirements
Action 2.C.1 Convene a workgroup of private facility managers and CVPW personnel to discuss
fuel requirements for each private facility during an extended energy outage.
Document generator run-times based on existing capacity and determine
supplemental tank and or fueling requirements
Objective 1.D: Draft Emergency Fuel Requests
Action 2.D.1 Compose, review & finalize a fuel request to CEC for use in emergencies
Action 2.D.2 Develop delivery & refueling procedures with fuel vendor & facilities’ managers
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25. Plan Highlights
Financial, Technical & Administrative Capacity
All Measures & Actions Screened for Feasibility
Technical & Administrative Capacity Exists
Financial Capacity Must Be Developed.
Options Include:
2. Community Development Block Grants
3. Capital Improvement Project Funding
4. A Tax Levy with Voter Approval
5. Development Impact Fees for New Developments & Homes
6. Debt Financing through General Obligation Bonds
7. Debt Financing through Special Tax & Revenue Bonds
8. Private Activity Bonds for Redevelopment Projects
9. Tax Increment Financing
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27. Plan Highlights
Implementation Funding Sources & Timing
Goal #1: In the short-term, all critical community facilities
(CCFs) have sufficient electrical energy supplies
for a minimum of 72-hours of continuous operation
without refueling
Lead Organization(s): Public Works
Support Organization(s): City Attorney, Finance,
Plng. & Bldg, & Develop. Servs.
Potential Funding Source: General Fund
Implementation Timeframe: 1 – 2 Years
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28. Plan Highlights
Toward A Long-Term Technical Solution
A need to move beyond the current energy
supply model & energy assurance planning
paradigm to a model & planning focused on
decentralized, distributed energy resources
& hardened local-area distribution systems
The future energy assurance model will be one in which all critical
community facilities are connected to one or more hardened micro
grids served by local electricity and thermal energy generating plants
across a community
A series of microgrids & local generating plants in each community
will be interconnected & connected to the larger area Smart Grids
serving non-emergency consumers
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29. Plan Highlights
Toward A Long-Term Technical Solution
This first model would support the City’s Emergency Operations
Center (EOC), other essential administrative, police, fire, ambulance
and medical functions and two potential congregate care centers
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30. Plan Highlights
Toward A Long-Term Technical Solution
Each microgrid will have redundant natural gas-fueled combined
cooling, heat & power (CCHP) systems in place to ensure reliability
& extended onsite storage capacity for biodiesel & renewable fuel
stocks
Thermal Energy Storage (TES), advanced electrical storage systems,
advanced communications & IT systems & interconnections for
emergency fleet plug-in electric & hybrid electrical vehicles will also
play roles in the two-way exchange of energy resources between all
components of the energy assurance system of the future.
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31. Plan Highlights
Toward A Long-Term Technical Solution
Central Power, Cooling & Heat Provided by Side-by-Side Heat
Recovery Steam Turbines – Solar Turbines Mercury 50 shown
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32. Next Steps
Chula Vista & SDG&E are
exploring the potential of an energy
assurance microgrid & other means
of supply energy to critical facilities
Additional research on alternative financing & ownership
options, contracting techniques & policy changes for the
design & construction of an alternative energy system
The development process will be documented and a practitioners
guide on alternative energy systems design & development will
be formulated and disseminated to targeted users
Production of collateral media & promotional materials
to support dissemination of the guide, nationwide
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34. Local Energy Assurance Planning:
Sponsored by: The Chula Vista Case Study
Craig Ruiz, Office of Economic Development, City of Chula Vista, California
Doug Newman, National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities
For More Information Contact:
Craig Ruiz
City of Chula Vista
Office of Economic Development
619-952-7612
cruiz@ci.chula-vista.ca.us
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