City of Roswell Sustainability Initiatives. Georgia Environmental Conference Savannah, GA August 22, 2012

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1 City of Roswell Sustainability Initiatives Georgia Environmental Conference Savannah, GA August 22, 2012

2 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta 90,000 residents 3 rd largest city in Fulton County 8 th largest city in Georgia City of Roswell, GA 42 square miles, 900 acres of parkland Southern border is Chattahoochee River

3 City of Roswell, GA

4 Roswell Sustainability Initiatives Recycling Center City Fleet Environmental Education Keep Roswell Beautiful Green Businesses City Policies LEAP Plan

5 Roswell Recycling Center Many non-traditionals accepted Electronics Waste vegetable oil Paint this year! Two annual household hazardous waste collection events Free recycling pickup at schools

6 Environmental Education Local school programs EverGreen Water, conservation, litter prevention, recycling Civic organizations, homeowner associations Community Wildlife Habitat certification Earth balloon

7 Earth Balloon

8 Local Energy Assurance Plan Department of Energy grant Energy reliability and resiliency Renewable energy assessment Alternative fuels (LEAP) Emergency preparedness / sustainability connection

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10 Why Develop a Local Energy Assurance Plan? Past national and local emergency events showed: Opportunities for improvements to energy infrastructure and communications Need to assess current systems and understand vulnerabilities Relationships between governmental agencies, industry, community, and regulators are critical

11 Roswell Leap Objectives Assess current energy supplies and vulnerabilities Identify opportunities to improve energy assurance of facilities Look for opportunities to apply green or alternative energy Develop facility response plans to react to energy emergencies Develop city and public communication plans to follow during energy emergencies Develop training plan to rollout LEAP to City staff

12 Who Was Involved? Energy Assurance Taskforce City intern dedicated to LEAP Consultant: O Brien & Gere Department of Energy Public Technology Institute (PTI) GEFA & GEMA

13 LEAP Targets 17 Facilities 3 Governmental Facilities 3 Public Works Facilities 2 Emergency Response 2 Fire and Police 7 Fire stations

14 Assessments & Opportunities Definition of threats Assessments conducted Opportunities explored

15 Results of Energy Assurance Vulnerability Assessments Generator vulnerabilities Availability and capacity Local day tank size Refueling generators during extended outage In-house refueling 3rd party contracts Diversity / independence of fuel supply

16 Alternative / New Technology Assessments Solar energy applications Photovoltaic opportunities Smart grid technologies Procurement / billing implications Interruptability / restoration of service Fuel cell technology Lower mechanical maintenance / reliability concerns Emerging technology

17 Facility Response Plans

18 LEAP Training Program Standard incident response approach Train-the-trainer design Created tabletop exercise module Mix of lecture, open discussion, role playing Inject points

19 Biofuel Study Feasibility study: Waste vegetable oil to biodiesel Biodiesel Used interchangeably and blended with petroleum-based diesel Collection, production & storage Space and labor requirements Energy assurance tie-in Sustainability initiative

20 LEAP Successes Completed assessment of current vulnerabilities and opportunities Established response plan based on today's capabilities Integrated responses to COOP/COG and obtained broad involvement during development Established leap training program and completed 1 st train-the-trainer session Created living document with path for continuous improvement

21 Lessons Learned Emerging cyber security Inter-state coordination Generators Fuel contracts No energy emergencies? Lucky or good? Who owns energy assurance?

22 Plans to Action Flexibility Staff development Maintain relationships Communication Training Understand energy Performance metrics Local / state / regional exercises

23 Thank You