ECNE 10-16-14 EP Forum DraftAgenda

 

Energy Council of the Northeast

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FORUM Second Meeting: Thursday, October 16, 2014 Meeting Host: Unitil Service Corp. 6 Liberty Lane West, Hampton, NH 03842

PRELIMINARY AGENDA (guest wifi available, SSID: UniGuest, password: Energy4L)

9:00 AM Arrival, Refreshments available 9:15

Call to Order: • Welcome, Darlene LeTavec, Executive Director, ECNE • Safety Briefing & Welcome by Meeting Host Tom Murphy, Manager, Business Continuity, Unitil Service Corp.

9:30

Opening Remarks • Tom Meissner, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Unitil (to be confirmed)

9:45

Introductions

10:00 American Red Cross • Pat Rivers, Division Disaster Director, Northeast Division, American Red Cross • Presentation on mobilization/ESF role/Utility partnerships 10:45 All Hazards Consortium • Andy Tiao, Director, Emergency Preparedness, Con Ed and Dennis Shrader, Private Sector Advisor, All Hazards Consortium • Presentation on goals/successes/ongoing initiatives 11:30 Information Sharing – MEMA (Kurt Schwartz to confirm speaker) • Situational awareness • Resource sharing Noon Lunch 12:30 PM Federal and State Emergency Capabilities • Services (credentialing, permitting, refueling, and tolling) Terry Sheehan, Regional Emergency Transportation Rep./ESF-1 Lead, US DOT • Resources (National Guard missions – debris/snow removal and wires down standby) o National Guard representative TBA o FPL and National Guard Partnership § Rich Francazio, Director, Business Continuity, Unitil Service Corp • Assets (generators and staging sites) - Terry Hermans, Logistician, FEMA Region 1 1:15

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 • Exploring possible utility partnerships (General discussion with all)

1:30

Next Steps/Action Items • Next meeting date, location and chair: o December 10, 2014; Identify Host Utility, Meeting Chair/Discussion Moderator • Forum goal/targets and objectives • Forum framework and governance • Establish fourth meeting date and host

2:15

Closing Remarks and Adjournment