While Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) have been historically considered a tool for simply improving energy and water efficiency, the ability to leverage savings from short-payback energy conservation measures (ECMs), in combination with appropriations, enables agencies to make large, comprehensive investments toward improving resilience at federal sites. When a UESC is not an option, there are other mechanisms that can be used to partner with utilities to enhance resilience.
In this workshop, FEMP will discuss common resilience solutions that could be implemented through working with their utilities and will provide an overview of several utility partnership options. Attendees will hear about UESC and other case studies focused on improving resilience through energy efficiency, renewables and other on-site energy systems. Attendees will learn best practices for achieving resilience through utility partnerships, including how to maximize available funding, strategies for capturing savings, and ways of bundling resilience measures with traditional ECMs.