Thursday, May 3, 2018
Dominion Energy NorthWest Operating Center
3072 Centreville Rd., Herndon, VA 20127
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Series Goal: Strengthen cooperation between industry and government energy sector partners. Exercise Goal: Explore and address the challenges that the energy sector may face during a major hurricane impacting the Mid-Atlantic Region (focusing on the collaboration of cross-industry sectors, government, and industry communications and coordination) and incorporate lessons learned from recent storm response and recovery activities. Link with the National Level Exercise 2018 by using a common scenario and the goal of incorporating recent hurricane response lessons learned into the exercise. |
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Agenda
7:00 a.m. | Registration | |||
8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions | |||
Welcome | Devon Streit, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER), Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | |||
Opening Remarks, Purpose, and Objectives | Patricia Hoffman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE/OE | |||
8:20 a.m. | Facilitator Kick-Off; Participant Introductions | |||
Overview of facilitated session, desired outcomes, rules of play, facility safety brief | Mike Fry, Ascenttra | |||
9:00 a.m. | Sector Briefs | |||
Overview of supply lines, priorities for hurricane preparation and response:
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10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. | Break | |||
10:15 a.m. –12:00 p.m. | Module One (Hurricane—Pre-Landfall)
Desired Outcome: Review responsibilities and identify possible gaps and obstacles for better preparedness, coordination, and communication across the sectors with the government and the public. |
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10:15 a.m. | Pre-Landfall Scenario | |||
Presentation and Video | Mike Fry | |||
10:25 a.m. | Interactive Activity: Key Activity Timeline: Pre-Landfall | |||
Each sector will be asked to identify key actions they would implement in the pre-landfall phase. | All Participants | |||
11:10 a.m. | Facilitated Discussion | |||
Review results of Key Activity Timeline and facilitated discussion among plenary participants of initial thoughts to the scenario, preparation actions, and key issues. | Mike Fry | |||
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |||
Luncheon Speaker, 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Robert “Bob” Blue, Executive Vice President, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dominion Energy Power Delivery Group | |||
1:00 p.m. –3:30 p.m. | Module Two (Hurricane—Post-Landfall)
Desired Outcome: Review responsibilities and identify possible gaps and obstacles to a more coordinated response and better recover and restoration. |
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1:00p.m. | Post-Landfall Scenario | |||
Present Scenario | Mike Fry | |||
1:20 p.m. | Concurrent Interactive Activities Post-Landfall: Key Activity Timeline and Identifying Interdependencies | |||
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All Participants | |||
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All Participants | |||
2:45 p.m. | Facilitated Discussion | |||
Review results of Key Activity Timeline and mapping of Interdependencies. Facilitated discussion among plenary participants. | Mike Fry | |||
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m. | Break | |||
3:45 p.m. | Summary of Major Findings and Recommendations | |||
Facilitated discussion to identify the major findings and recommendations discussed over the course of the exercise. | Mike Fry | |||
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |