Science and Technology for Emergency Preparedness and Resilience
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This slide presentation, dated October 20, 2023, is for a Washington Legislative Work Session of the House Committee on Innovation, Community and Economic Development, and Veterans, and is titled Science and Technology for Emergency Preparedness and Resilience. It states that PNNL is a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory, established in 1965, managed by Battelle, with 6,100 staff, and lists COVID-19 work including validating test kit reagents, engineering ventilator parts and supply chain modeling. Slides credited to Ann Lesperance, Director, Northwest Regional Technology Center, cover technology development for emergency preparedness. Slides credited to Marcelo Elizondo, Principal Research Engineer, cover electric grid resilience planning, including a Puerto Rico example.
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“Science and Technology for Emergency Preparedness and Resilience.”
Original at app.leg.wa.gov, dated 2023-10-20. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2023-10-20-2023-10-20-a31412-d262858-pnnl-s-t-for-preparedness-and-resilience/
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Science and
Technology for
Emergency
Preparedness and
Resilience
October 20, 2023
Washington Legislative Work Session
House Committee on Innovation, Community and
Economic Development, and Veterans
PNNL Overview
Melanie Roberts, Ph.D
Director, State and Regional Affairs
Melanie.Roberts@pnnl.gov
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PNNL is a U.S. Department of Energy National
Laboratory
• Established in 1965
• Managed by Battelle
• 6,100 staff
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PNNL is advancing
scientific frontiers
and providing
solutions to critical
national needs
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Multidisciplinary expertise enables a systems
approach to critical challenges: COVID-19 example
Validating test kit reagents Viral protein structural studies Engineering ventilator parts
Supply chain modeling Viral spread in buildings Incident response
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A regional, national, and international
scientific and technical resource
Energy Sciences Center
DEDICATED FALL 2021
FUTURE HOME OF
Grid Storage Launchpad
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Technology Development
for
Emergency Preparedness
October 20, 2023
Ann Lesperance
Director,
Northwest Regional Technology Center @ PNNL
PNNL-SA-150586
The emergency
management threat
landscape is
changing—and so is
technology
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PNNL is advancing
Artificial Intelligence and
science and Machine Learning Threat and Hazard Detection
technology
partnerships for
regional
preparedness
Modeling and Simulations Training and Education
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Our Northwest Regional Technology Center is
transforming outreach and engagement
• Enhancing connectivity to state/local public
safety, emergency management, and critical
infrastructure owners
• Enabling science and technology solutions for:
▪ Prevention and Detection
▪ Emergency Preparedness
▪ Response, Resilience, and Recovery
▪ First Responder Technology
We collaborate with
technology developers
and federal, state, local,
Operational Field Assessments End-User Interviews
and tribal users to:
• Identify critical technology
needs and requirements
• Enable technology testing
and evaluation
• Provide unbiased S&T
• Accelerate technology
development and
deployment Technology Demonstrations Stakeholder Briefings
Incident Response and Emergency Management of
We are delivering Disaster Management Tomorrow Research
solutions to keep
communities and
first responders safe
First Responder Technology Regional Workshops and
Assessments Recovery Frameworks
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Contact Information
Ann Lesperance
NWRTC Director
(206) 528-3223
ann.lesperance@pnnl.gov
Visit NWRTC online at http://www.pnnl.gov/projects/nwrtc or email nwrtc@pnnl.gov to
subscribe to our monthly Around the Region in Homeland Security newsletter.
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Electric Grid
Resilience
Planning
October 20, 2023
Marcelo Elizondo, Ph.D.
Principal Research Engineer,
Electricity Security Group
PNNL-SA-191528
Extreme weather and wildfires Energy supply disruptions
A changing landscape
of challenges to grid
resilience
Cybersecurity Increasing grid complexity
(Image by KoSSSmoSSS | Shutterstock.com)
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Strategies for Infrastructure hardening Microgrids
strengthening grid
resilience to extreme
events
Sensors and smart controls Integrate threat modeling
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Elements for Successful Resilience Planning
• Understand resilience needs of both utilities and communities
• Adopt a flexible and adaptable planning process
• Incorporate lessons from previous extreme weather events
• Incorporate extreme weather predictions into planning
• Develop technology and operating solutions to improve resilience
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PNNL Multidisciplinary Modeling Capabilities
• Characterize future weather stressors
(e.g., flooding, heat waves, hurricanes)
• Estimate probability of infrastructure failure
• Analyze impact to grid functions (e.g.,
cascading failures)
• Estimate time and effort for recovery
• Prioritize infrastructure investments
• Estimate level of emissions
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Example: Puerto Rico Resilience Planning
Irma (Cat 5, passed close to land), Sept 7, 2017
• Less than 1 week to restore 70% affected customers;
others expected to recover in months
Maria (Cat 4 at landfall), Sept 20, 2017
• Full blackout Image source: NASA
• 11 months to recover
Fiona (Cat 1 at landfall),Sept 6, 2022
• 12 days to recover 90%
• 25 days to recover 99%
Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act: 100% renewable
resources by 2050
Source: Business Insider
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Customized planning tools for Puerto Rico
Electrical Grid Resilience and Assessment System
Resilience
Disturbance Degraded Recovery
progress state Time
Load Recovery Predictions
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Co-designing solutions to address utility and
community resilience needs
Stakeholder input informs tool design and deployment
Photo credit: U.S. Department of Energy
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Contact Information
Marcelo Elizondo, Ph.D.
Marcelo.Elizondo@pnnl.gov
https://www.pnnl.gov/electric-grid-modernization
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Thank you
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