Free Guide Helps Local Governments Plan for Energy Emergencies
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To help local officials plan for and respond to incidents and emergencies that result in energy outages, PTI has released Version 2.0 of the Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines. Published in collaboration with the Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability (DOE/OE), this publication is available for free at this link.
Communities typically address energy emergencies from a post-disaster response and recovery point of view. The goal of Version 2.0 of the Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines is to enable these communities to engage in pre-disaster planning and risk reduction. The Guidelines also assist jurisdictions in the recovery phase, in which vital energy sources are restored.
“Very few local governments have a response and recovery plan that is specific to energy emergencies,” according to Alan Shark, PTI Executive Director. “Once created, energy assurance plans help local governments provide life-saving services during an energy emergency.”
The Guidelines are for all local government decision-makers: elected and appointed officials; senior staff; policy makers; and those responsible for energy and emergency operations.
Version 2.0 of the Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines synthesizes material from the previous PTI Guidelines version with a more in-depth examination of the content from DOE/OE’s 10-Step Local Government Energy Assurance Planning Framework, released last year.
PTI also offers a website, energyassurance.us, to support local governments that want to learn more about creating energy assurance plans for their communities. It supports the energy assurance planning efforts of the cities selected by DOE/OE to participate in the Local Government Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
About PTI
Public Technology Institute is a national, non-profit research and development organization established by and for city and county governments. PTI promotes innovation and collaboration by local government leaders, and advances the use of technology to improve the management and delivery of services to the citizen.
The Local Government Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) program leverages PTI’s 35 years of energy expertise and knowledge to assist cities selected under the LEAP FOA, DE-FOA-0000098, to implement and participate in U.S. Department of Energy assurance, reliability and security programs.
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