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ESF-12: ENERGY



I. GENERAL:
A Primary Agency: Levy County Emergency Management
B. Support Agencies: Duke/Progress Energy

Central Florida Electric Cooperative
II. INTRODUCTION:
A Purpose:
This Emergency Support Function (ESF) is to promulgate the policies and procedures to be used by Levy County Emergency Management and electric utilities in responding to automotive transportation fuel shortages, electric power outages and capacity shortages that impact or threaten to impact significant numbers of citizens and visitors. Automotive transportation fuel shortages may be caused by the disruption of normal supply distribution during severe storm/tropical weather conditions. Electrical power outages and capacity shortages may be caused by unusually hot or cold weather, short-term electric fuel transportation and supply shortages, transmission and distribution disruptions, severe storm/tropical weather conditions or power plant outages.
B. Scope:
ESF-12 Energy involves coordinating the provision of emergency supply and transportation of automotive fuels and the provision of emergency electric power to support immediate response operations as well as restoring the normal supply and transportation of automotive fuels and electric power to normalize community functioning. This ESF will work closely with federal, state, energy suppliers and distributors. The scope of this ESF includes:
1. Assessing the energy system damage, energy supply, demand and requirements to restore such systems.
2. Assisting local and state departments and agencies in obtaining fuel for transportation and emergency operations.
3. Administering, as needed statutory authorities or recommending required, local ordinances or resolutions for energy priorities and emergency operations.
4 Coordinating, with support agencies for assistance in helping energy suppliers obtain information, equipment, specialized labor, fuel and transportation to repair or restore energy systems.
5. Recommending local actions to save fuel.
6. Coordinate with ESF-14 in providing emergency energy information, education and conservation guidance to the public. Before the release of information to the public, ESF-14 will coordinate with suppliers, State and Federal authorities relative to energy needs and shortfalls.
7. Coordinating information with local, state and federal officials and suppliers about available energy supply recovery assistance.
8. Providing technical assistance involving energy systems.
9. Recommending to the state and federal Coordinating Officer priorities to aid restoration of damaged energy systems.
10. Processing all fuel and power assistance requests from municipal EOC’s and ESF that are received through the county Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
C. Planning Assumptions:
1. An incident has occurred that has disrupted utility service.
2. Part of, or the entire county might have been impacted.
3. Neighboring counties might have been impacted.
4. The Florida Coordinating Group will be utilized to coordinate the resumption and repair of electrical utility service using its SOP and management structure.
5. Pre-incident utilities establish a priority of restoration list.

6. Residents and businesses that utilize natural or propane gas will coordinate service with the provider of their product.


7. Utilities will determine whether or not to pre-stage.
8. ESF-3 will make decisions related to the pre-staging of work crews for clearance. The safety of the crews will be a priority concern.
D. Priority of Restoration and Repair
The same priorities exist in response and recovery operations:
1. Levy County Emergency Operations Center
2. Levy County Sheriff’s Communications Center
3. Municipal EOC’s and police departments
4. Critical facilities, in which life threatening conditions may exist without energy service; such as hospitals and health care facilities.
5. Emergency response facilities, such as fire and EMS stations
6. Public shelters and congregate feeding locations
7. Distribution sites, Disaster Recovery Centers, Disaster Field Office, Recovery Coordination Center and staging areas.
8. Other government buildings involved in response or recovery
9. Commercial establishments furnishing equipment, supplies or activities related to disaster response and recovery.
10. General population
III. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS:
A. General:
When electric utility operating reserves are nearly exhausted and there is imminent possibility of curtailment or loss of firm load, or when other energy supplies (such as natural gas or automotive transportation fuels) are disrupted, an appraisal of the situation is made by designated authorities/personnel and action is taken in accordance with this ESF. Emergency organization personnel are notified and mobilized to direct and coordinate relief efforts, to communicate with the public and appropriate governmental agencies and to restore normal service when the emergency is over. These response actions are carried out to maintain energy systems integrate and to minimize the impact on Levy County citizens to the highest degree possible.


B. Organization:
1. At Levy County level, Emergency Management and a representative from the utilities will assume primary responsibility for ESF-12 activity. At the state level, the Public Service Commission and the Division of Emergency Management will assume primary responsibility for ESF-12 activity.
2. Upon activation of ESF-12, the Utilities Representative will be responsible for ensuring that energy concerns are addressed. Additional support agencies and organizations may be utilized and will be tasked either to provide a representative to the EOC or to provide a representative who will be immediately available via telecommunications means.
C. Notification:
The Sheriff’s Communications Center is the County Warning Point for all notification. The Levy County EOC will notify the Utilities and the primary agencies for ESF-12. Call out lists will be used by primary agencies to notify their support agencies and by support agencies to notify their personnel.
D. Needs Assessment
Information will be collected from:


  • Field responders

  • Reports submitted to the EOC from shelters or the public

  • Initial Assessment Teams

  • Damage Assessment Teams

  • Human Needs Assessment

  • Rapid Impact Assessment Teams

  • Preliminary Assessment Teams

  • The EOC will analyze information to include estimating the population without service, impacted area, projections on restoration, safety

  • issues and news releases


E. Support for Utility Service
1. ESF-1 will provide transportation support.
2. ESF-3 will assist with debris clearance.
3. ESF-14 will provide information regarding utility restoration and advise regarding downed lines and public safety.
F. Coordination
1. Coordination with private sector energy suppliers, the SERT liaison, State Warning Point (SWP) or State EOC will take place through the Levy County EOC.
2. Unless director coordination, coordination with federal officials will take place from the Levy EOC via the SERT liaison or State EOC.
3. The EOC will coordinate energy allocation and prioritization with utility company representatives.
4. Requests coming to the EOC from the public will be referred to the appropriate utility for action.
G. Transportation of Resources
1. Utility companies will use their own transportation resources or will be expected to contract necessary enhancements to their transportation capability. They are also responsible for obtaining their own fuel resources. Mutual aid resources include:
a. Florida Electrical Coordinating Group - Tampa

b. Florida Municipal Electric Association - Tallahassee

c. Florida Electric Cooperative Association - Tallahassee

d. Florida Propane Gas Association - Tallahassee

e. Florida Natural Gas Association - Tallahassee
H. Public Information
Coordination will take place with ESF-14 and the utility company public affairs

offices.


IV. RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Primary Agency: Levy County Emergency Management
Responsibilities:
1. Maintain contact lists for notification of utility service providers.
2. Maintain pre-incident coordination with utility providers.
3. Maintain the ability to staff the EOC on a 24-hour a day basis if necessary.
4. Coordinate with support agencies and ESF’s in directing resources and prioritizing the needs for energy restoration.
5. Contact with electric, gas, telephone, water, utilities and industry coordinating groups serving the emergency area to obtain information about damage and/or assistance needed in their areas of operation.
6. Monitor procedures followed by individual utilities during a generating capacity shortage on their systems and the procedures followed by all utilities to ensure coordinated statewide action and communications.
7. Communicate and coordinate with local agencies and organization in responding to energy emergencies and energy restoration.
8. Claim support resources needed to repair damage to energy systems.
9. Communicate and coordinate with ESF-14 to keep local news organizations apprised of electric generating capacity shortfalls.
10 Coordinate with American Red Cross and EOC to identify emergency shelter power generation, status/needs and coordinate with other ESF’s with assistance in providing resources for emergency power generation.
11. All requests for fuel and power assistance will be processed by the ESF-12 representative in the EOC in coordination with ESF-7 and with ESF-12 in the State EOC for requirements beyond local capabilities.

B. Support agencies: Duke/Progress Energy

Central Florida Electric Cooperative
Responsibilities:
1. Maintain communications with lead agency to determine emergency response and recovery needs; provide sufficient fuel supplies to local agencies, emergency response organization and areas along evacuation routes.
2. Maintain an inventory of equipment, supplies, vehicles and personnel in their offices. The date of the last revision should be included.

3. Restore utility service


4. Repair damage
V. ACTIONS:
A. Response Initial Actions:
1. Staff ESF-12 at the EOC.
2. Contact utility providers (as appropriate) to obtain information about damage and/or assistance needed in their areas of operation.
3. Coordinate with support agencies to establish priorities and develop strategies for the initial response.
4. Monitor the procedures followed by individual utilities during emergency generating capacity shortages to ensure countywide action and communications.
5. Assign a representative to local emergency response/damage assessment teams to the disaster areas to determine possible affected areas, industry and resources needed for energy restoration and brief the State Rapid Assessment Team on the current conditions or needs.
6. Coordinate with ESF-14 to inform appropriate state and local news organizations about generating capacity shortfalls.
B. Response Continuing Actions:
1. Continue to communicate with and monitor state and local utility response actions.
2. Receive, assess and submit requests for aid from state and federal agencies, energy offices, energy suppliers and distributors.
3. Claim, when appropriate, needed resources to repair damaged systems. Such resources could include transportation to speed system repairs.
4. Work with the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the Florida Public Service Commission and other state organizations to establish priorities to repair damage to the local system.
6. Continue to coordinate with ESF-14 to update local news organizations with accurate assessments of energy supply, demand and requirements to repair or restore energy systems.
7. Keep accurate logs and other records of emergency responses.
8. Begin to draft recommendations for after-action reports and other reports as appropriate.
VI Authorities
A. Levy County does not have regulatory authorities over utility companies.
B. The Florida Public Service Commission regulates utilities within Florida.
C. The United States Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has regulatory authority over specific forms of energy generation, distribution and transmission.
VII. RECOVERY
Following a major disaster the restoration and repair of utility service will continue into the recovery phase. This ESF document will be used as guidance for the recovery phase. The EOC may transfer coordination to the Primary Agency for the Recovery Task Force at which point coordination will move from the EOC to the Recovery Operations Center.




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