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Pull the plug drills

Black start

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The base cuts itself off on purpose. It starts up with no outside power. Then it turns buildings back on one by one.

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Bases now test if they can run on their own power. The US Army shut down the main power feed at Fort Moore.

1U.S. Army2024-01-12

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Oct 2026action
The U. S.
1. 1U.S. Army
Dec 23, 2024action
Congress extended the black start test rules through 2032.

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Congress / GovInfo

Sep 10, 2024action

The U. S.

1U.S. Army

Jan 12, 2024action

The US Army tested its own power at Fort Moore. They shut down the main power feed for the test.

1U.S. Army

2024action

Hill Air Force Base cut commercial power for 10 hours at its own base.

1Hill AFB

Oct 19, 2023action

The CE team at Maxwell AFB and Gunter cut commercial power for an ERRE test.

1DVIDS

May 9, 2023action

The Army tested its own power at Fort Drum. They did a black start test.

1DVIDS

Apr 2022action

1U.S. Army

2022action

The US Air Force led the first regional ERRE across Schriever Buckley and Peterson. The Pentagon reached 10 ERREs since FY2020.

1U.S. Air Force

2022action

The Pentagon started new no notice blackout drills. The Navy plans three black starts in 2022.

1E&E News

Oct 27, 2021action

The US Army gave Fort Knox its own power for a full workday in the first installation wide black start test.

1U.S. Army

2021action

The Army tested energy resilience on its posts. It used a 14 day benchmark and black start testing.

1U.S. Army

Dec 20, 2019action

The Senate Armed Services Committee directed black start tests at major bases and boosted energy resilience programs.

1Senate Armed Services Committee

Oct 17, 2019action

OSD ran four black start tests. Air Force had 240 outages in FY2018.

1Air & Space Forces Magazine