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Air Force picks Eielson for a commercially owned, NRC-licensed microreactor pilot.
Utility-owned solar + battery microgrid can island three mission-critical facilities.
Contract 0018 from Department of the Army to JOHNSON CONTROLS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, LLC for $7,553,545. Description: ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT IGF::OT::IGF. Period starts 2015-07-28.
Contract N6247317F4699 from Department of the Navy to PROCAL ELECTRIC INC for $9,059,605. Description: IGF::OT::IGF X007 P-1232 MICROGRID MCAGCC TWENTYNINE PALMS. Period starts 2017-09-26.
Contract N6247316C0611 from Department of the Navy to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA-BLACK AND VEATCH JV P-906 for $20,333,136. Description: IGF::OT::IGF P-906 MICROGRID, MCAS MIRAMAR, CA. Period starts 2016-05-24.
Fort Hood kept running through Winter Storm Uri; later faced ~$30M power bill.
Air Force plan treats 30-day EMP/GMD grid outage as a planning scenario.
Marine Corps sought design-build microgrid to island Camp Pendleton air station from SDG&E.
Reinforced 99.9% critical-load availability; emergency-generator microgrid pilot; on-site energy projects.
Army explains 14-day benchmark and black-start testing at posts.
Miramar islanded from SDG&E and powered the entire air station on its microgrid.
BWXT, Westinghouse and X-energy get Project Pele design contracts.
Supersedes AD 2017-07; default 14 days of energy and water for critical missions; requires IEWPs.
SCO/DOE begin EIS for a 1-10 MWe HALEU TRISO prototype, citing 10 USC 2911.
Contract W912HQ17C0003 from Department of the Army to RAYTHEON COMPANY for $8,777,364. Description: IGF::OT::IGF --EW-201606: HYBRID MICROGRID WITH HIGH PENETRATION WIND FOR ISLANDING AND HIGH VALUE GRID SERVICES. Period starts 2016-11-07.
Single diesel generators unreliable beyond days; ~80% chance of running after two weeks.
3,018 utility outages, 649 lasting 8+ hours, reported across DoD.
Expands MCAGCC Twentynine Palms cogeneration/solar microgrid.
Army Reserve plans solar+battery microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett.
Tyndall ran on diesel generators 6-8 days after Hurricane Michael; lessons on fuel diversity.
Air Force completed two base-wide pull-the-plug outages, one paired with a simulated utility cyberattack.
Foundational: Army installations must sustain critical missions >=14 days of energy/water; Installation Energy and Water Plans.
Directed black-start exercises at major installations and boosted energy resilience programs.