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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />6. Appendices <br />Mitigation Action Item Progress Report Form (From 2014) <br />From Date: 02-2015 <br />To Date: 02-2020 <br />#24: Local Electricity Generation <br />Eugene Water and Electric Board <br />Jeannine Parisi <br />LAProject <br />❑ Project Complete ❑ Project Restructured <br />❑ Canceled ❑ Project delayed: <br />® Project On Schedule Anticipated Completion Date: 2020 <br />Summary of Project Progress <br />1. What was accomplished for this project during this reporting period (2015 <br />2020)? <br />In 2018, EWEB commissioned a study to better understand black start <br />capabilities of its Leaburg and Walterville hydro -electric plants and identified <br />the amount and location of critical loads in our service territory that should be <br />served during emergency conditions. The study found that the Leaburg plant <br />has the ability to operate independently from the grid but that the critical loads <br />identified were slighter higher than the plant capacity at Leaburg. <br />EWEB will also complete and test installation of our first 1MW microgrid at <br />Howard elementary school. The microgrid will power the pump to the new well <br />installed to provide emergency water to the community should EWEB's water <br />filtration or distribution system fail in an emergency. <br />2. What obstacles, problems, or delays did the project encounter? <br />To match critical loads, EWEB is now looking at other facilities for potential <br />additional generation. EWEB co -owns generation at the International Paper <br />plant and a secondary study is planned in 2019 to determine black start and load <br />capabilities for this generator. We are also in the process of developing an <br />Intergovernmental Agreement with the University of Oregon for their natural <br />gas generator to feed EWEB's distribution system under emergency conditions. <br />Regarding microgrid technology, these projects are very expensive to scale. The <br />Howard micro grid lacks remote access to collect and analyze data and requires <br />additional investment to operate as intended. However, staff believe the learning <br />6-89 January 2020 <br />