Key developments first.
Reading
Directs DoD to pilot-test hardening a strategic military installation against EMP.
Contract N6247306F3075 from Department of the Navy to AMERESCO SELECT, INC. for $9,488,739. Description: ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT NNSY. Period starts 2006-09-29.
Hill AFB adds on-base solar to cut reliance on power from outside the fence.
FY2020 ERCIP list incl. cogeneration at Fort Leonard Wood.
Army energy office briefing on the shift from efficiency to 14-day resilience.
ESPC at Joint Base San Antonio includes microgrid controls for critical loads.
Requires 99.9% availability for critical-mission energy loads by FY2030; Sec. 327 orders microreactor pilot study.
Created 10 USC 2911 resilience policy and definitions; energy savings may fund resilience; resilience counts in utility contracts.
Fort Buchanan lost power two months and water one month after Hurricane Maria.
DoD energy and installations budget testimony describing energy resilience priorities for FY2018.
OSD briefed DoDI 4170.11 resilience update, generator testing guidance and business-case framework.
FY2018 ERCIP list incl. $5.3M CHP at Fort Leonard Wood.
4,393 utility disruptions from equipment failure FY2009-2015, $29M+ impact, incl. a week-long shutdown at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
DoD changed Instruction 4170.11 to require energy projects aligned to resilience requirements across planning and budgeting.
GAO found renewable projects need batteries or storage to provide power during outages.
DSB task force recommended pursuing very small modular reactors among energy options for deployed forces.
Earlier notice of intent to sole-source Fort Stewart-Hunter microgrid to Canoochee under FY24 NDAA conveyed-utility authority. Background.