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This document discusses energy security and microgrids for utilities, communities, and the military. It notes that the Department of Defense is a major consumer of energy, using around 117 billion barrels of oil annually. Various legislation and mandates aim to increase the DoD's use of renewable energy to 25% by 2025. Microgrids and a smarter electric grid can help the DoD meet these renewable energy targets while also improving energy security at military installations. The document cautions that increased connectivity in complex energy systems may introduce new security risks that require approaches like critical infrastructure protection.

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Energy Security in Electric Power Grids: Utility, Community, Military Micro-Grids Mike Coop mcoop@thinksmartgrid.com
Panelists • Mike Coop, Founder/CTO, ThinkSmartGrid • Ralph Martinez, Director, UTEP RCES • Salvador Cordero, Engineer, UTEP RCES
Military As Energy Consumer • Two main types of DoD energy use—operational energy and installation energy • Operational energy is that required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations, and includes energy used by tactical power systems and generators and weapons platforms • Installation energy (a.k.a. facility energy) is energy used at installations that isn’t operational energy • Roughly 75% of DoD energy use is operational; 25% is installation energy
Energy isn’t Cheap • DoD is likely the largest organizational user of petroleum in the world, consuming ~117 billion barrels of oil in FY2011 • DoD’s energy use in FY2010 accounted for ~80% of the federal government’s overall use, and represented 0.8% of total U.S. energy consumption • Increasing our nation’s energy security is of vital concern; today’s discussion will focus on DoD installation energy, and the role a smarter grid will play
2012 Reenergize the Americas 6A: Mike Coop
2012 Reenergize the Americas 6A: Mike Coop
What is Energy Security?
Legislation on DoD Energy Use • 2005 Energy Policy Act established renewable energy mandates, now at no less than 7.5% for FY2013 and beyond • EISA 2007 requires a 30% reduction in federal building energy use by FY2015 • National Defense Authorization Act mandates at least 25% renewable energy use in FY2025 and beyond • The White House has mandated 1 GW of renewable energy for each of the uniform services: Air Force (by 2016); Navy/Marines (by 2020); Army (by 2025)
How do we get there?
2012 Reenergize the Americas 6A: Mike Coop
2012 Reenergize the Americas 6A: Mike Coop
Money Leads to Opportunity Army Corps of Engineers issued a Multiple-Award Task Order (MATOC) RFP for $7 billion in total contract capacity to procure reliable, locally generated, renewable and alternative energy through power purchase agreements over a period of 30 years or less from renewable energy plants that are constructed and operated by contractors using private sector financing
Money Leads to Opportunity The combination of an attractive target (DoD) plus White House says 1 of its unclassified networks was attractive interconnected cyberattacked, says effort was repelled By Associated Press, Published: October 1 applications (Smart Grid) WASHINGTON — The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system, but says it thwarted the effort and necessitates new security that no classified networks were threatened. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters the White House is equipped with mitigation measures that identified the approaches (CIP versus attack, isolated it and prevented its spread. He said there was no indication that any data was removed. DIARMF, for instance) … News of the most recent attack came as the Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems. After Congress failed this summer to pass a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, the White House said it would use executive branch authorities to improve the nation’s computer Where money flows, crime will security, especially for networks tied to essential U.S. industries, such as electric grids, water plants, and banks. follow
When Things Go Wrong… In complex industrial, space, and military systems, the normal accident generally (not always) means that the interactions are not only unexpected, but are incomprehensible for some critical period of time Complex systems fail complexly

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2012 Reenergize the Americas 6A: Mike Coop

  • 1. Energy Security in Electric Power Grids: Utility, Community, Military Micro-Grids Mike Coop mcoop@thinksmartgrid.com
  • 2. Panelists • Mike Coop, Founder/CTO, ThinkSmartGrid • Ralph Martinez, Director, UTEP RCES • Salvador Cordero, Engineer, UTEP RCES
  • 3. Military As Energy Consumer • Two main types of DoD energy use—operational energy and installation energy • Operational energy is that required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations, and includes energy used by tactical power systems and generators and weapons platforms • Installation energy (a.k.a. facility energy) is energy used at installations that isn’t operational energy • Roughly 75% of DoD energy use is operational; 25% is installation energy
  • 4. Energy isn’t Cheap • DoD is likely the largest organizational user of petroleum in the world, consuming ~117 billion barrels of oil in FY2011 • DoD’s energy use in FY2010 accounted for ~80% of the federal government’s overall use, and represented 0.8% of total U.S. energy consumption • Increasing our nation’s energy security is of vital concern; today’s discussion will focus on DoD installation energy, and the role a smarter grid will play
  • 7. What is Energy Security?
  • 8. Legislation on DoD Energy Use • 2005 Energy Policy Act established renewable energy mandates, now at no less than 7.5% for FY2013 and beyond • EISA 2007 requires a 30% reduction in federal building energy use by FY2015 • National Defense Authorization Act mandates at least 25% renewable energy use in FY2025 and beyond • The White House has mandated 1 GW of renewable energy for each of the uniform services: Air Force (by 2016); Navy/Marines (by 2020); Army (by 2025)
  • 9. How do we get there?
  • 12. Money Leads to Opportunity Army Corps of Engineers issued a Multiple-Award Task Order (MATOC) RFP for $7 billion in total contract capacity to procure reliable, locally generated, renewable and alternative energy through power purchase agreements over a period of 30 years or less from renewable energy plants that are constructed and operated by contractors using private sector financing
  • 13. Money Leads to Opportunity The combination of an attractive target (DoD) plus White House says 1 of its unclassified networks was attractive interconnected cyberattacked, says effort was repelled By Associated Press, Published: October 1 applications (Smart Grid) WASHINGTON — The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system, but says it thwarted the effort and necessitates new security that no classified networks were threatened. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters the White House is equipped with mitigation measures that identified the approaches (CIP versus attack, isolated it and prevented its spread. He said there was no indication that any data was removed. DIARMF, for instance) … News of the most recent attack came as the Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems. After Congress failed this summer to pass a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, the White House said it would use executive branch authorities to improve the nation’s computer Where money flows, crime will security, especially for networks tied to essential U.S. industries, such as electric grids, water plants, and banks. follow
  • 14. When Things Go Wrong… In complex industrial, space, and military systems, the normal accident generally (not always) means that the interactions are not only unexpected, but are incomprehensible for some critical period of time Complex systems fail complexly