chuck manto: emp & amp; space weather policy catalyst for tech innovation
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EMP/Space Weather Policy
Catalyst for Tech Innovations
1 Cleveland, OH Dec 1, 2015 ENERGYTECH 205
Charles (Chuck) Manto
Outline
• What’s the InfraGard EMP SIG and its Role?
• EMP and Space Weather Policy Impacts
– National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan
– DTRA RFP for EMP-protected Microgrids
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EMP SIG Guidance Document
• “The purpose of the InfraGard EMP SIG is to foster communications and coordination that will address and mitigate the threat of a simultaneous nationwide collapse of infrastructure from any hazard such as manmade or natural EMP.”
• Provides panels of top experts advisory & liaison panels and their working groups to assist local InfraGard chapters and communities
• Facilitates private sector discussion & local planning
• Goal to support local sustainability
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InfraGard National EMP Special Interest Group
• Is first nationwide comprehensive critical infrastructure organization to focus on EMP and extreme space weather
• Approved July 2011
• Supports events, e.g.:
– NDU (Oct 2011)
– DuPont Summit (first Friday each December in DC)
– Space Weather Workshop (ea Spring in Boulder, CO)
– TTX in DC at NGAUS HQ and various regions
• Deliverables in include conferences, publications, TTXs
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EMP SIG Milestones
• Formed in summer of 2011, in all 50 states and territories
• Supported national workshops and exercise in Oct 2011 (first high-impact scenarios -- NDU)
• Annual Tech Policy Summit since Dec 2011
• Hosted INL briefings and TTX
• Publishes conference proceedings and TTX
• Leads joint meetings with NOAA SWPC
• Creating regional EMP SIGs, e.g. NE, SE Region
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National Space Weather Strategy Major shift in federal approach to high-impact events from goal #2 ( p. 5) of strategy:
• Goal 2: Enhance Response and Recovery Capabilities
• “Complete an all-hazards power outage response and
recovery plan: The primary risk of an extreme space weather event
is the potential for the long-term loss of electric power and the
cascading effects that it would have on other critical infrastructure
sectors; however, other low-frequency, high-impact events are also
capable of causing long-term power outages on a regional or
national scale. It is essential to have a comprehensive and executable
plan (with key decision points) for regional or national power outages.
The plan must include the Whole Community and enable the
prioritization of core capabilities.”
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DTRA SBIR RFP on EMP-safe Microgrids
• Island-mode Enhancement Strategies and
Methodologies for Defense Critical Infrastructure
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) 2015.2 -
Topic DTRA152-006 Closes: June 24, 2015
• An electromagnetic (EM) attack (nuclear electromagnetic pulse
[EMP] or non-nuclear EMP [e.g., high-power microwave, HPM])
has the potential to degrade or shut down portions of the electric
power grid important to the DoD. …the broad reach of potential EM
attacks with the potential of simultaneous levels of disruption might
prevent traditional islanding protection methods from being
sufficient for continued operations of the DCI.
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DTRA SBIR RFP -- Extent of Grid Loss
• “Restoring the commercial grid from the still functioning regions
may not be possible or could take weeks or months. Significant
elements of the DCI require uninterrupted power for prolonged
periods to perform time-critical missions (e.g., sites hardened to
MIL-STD-188-125-1). “
• The goal of this project is to develop a set of methodologies and
strategies that can be applied, along with existing methods, to
enhance the resilience of DCI assets such as military bases.
• These methods may also be applied to the commercial sector and
other areas of the government: hospitals, civilian infrastructure,
businesses, etc.
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Policy Impact
• Private sector appeal
• Can’t wait to be rescued
• Planning will compel mitigation
• Mitigation will create resilience
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Thank You
For more information contact:
Chuck Manto, President
Instant Access Networks, LLC
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (410) 991-1469
Or, INMA Board Members and Officers Bob Janusaitis, Gary Gardner, Sam Khashman, Dr. Earl Motzer
Or, Kelly Woods-Vaughn, Agent Janet Thomas
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