Know Your Options

Know Your Options Emergency Preparedness Open House

June 26, 2013 Foley CAT

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> $50 billion in damage

8 million people without power

Many business without power for days,

weeks, months

Magnitude of the event exposed the

vulnerability of thousands of customers

Sandy’s Impact


Agenda

Rental Power

Stationary Generators

Next Steps

Final Thoughts


Rental Power


Foley’s Emergency Power

Response

Procured and Coordinated Rental and

Delivery of 330 Mobile Generators

405 Megawatts of Power

850,000 feet of Copper Cable (160 miles)

150 Mobile Gensets 60kw-300kw for FEMA

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Elements of a Contingency Plan

Site Specific Needs

Location

Transformers

Electrician

Cable *

ATS

Fuel Delivery**

Spare Parts Inventory

Maintenance Plan

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Lessons Learned Rental Power

Have an Emergency Plan

in Place

Rental Contingency Plan

Executing the plan well in

advance

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Customer Success Story

Robert Wood

Johnson New

Brunswick

Very robust action

plan

Implemented well

prior to the storm

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Contingency Planning

Large Customer With

many locations

Executed contingency plan

on 26 of 30 generator sets

Multilayered plan to

respond to any location as

needed


Customer Challenges

Not Having a Plan in Place/ Executing too late

Not knowing their needs

Trouble securing manpower

Equipment and Cable shortages

Fuel Supply Issues

Unknown Vendors unreliable equipment

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Rental Power Recommendations

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Rental Docking

Station

Have a Contingency

with a reserved asset

Own your own cable

and have it color

coded

Rehearse the scenario


Stationary Generators


Generator Maintenance

Most failures seen could be attributed to a

lack of maintenance

How can you ensure your Genset will run 2

days? 5 days? 10 days? 1 Month?

How do you test for reliability?


Customer Challenges

Getting support from service providers

Diesel Fuel Supply and quality

No on-hand spare parts


Lessons Learned -

Most Common Failures 1. Diesel Fuel Issues

• Fuel Filter Fouling

• Ran out of Fuel

2. Weak Starting Batteries • Defective Charger

• Defective Batteries

3. Overheating • Plugged Radiators

• Low Coolant Level

4. Lack Of Maintenance and Testing • No testing under load

• Low fluid levels and dirty filters

5. Generator End Failure

6. Location of the Generator Set

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Best Practices

Maintenance

Weekly PM Inspections

Quarterly and Annual

Maintenance

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Cooling System

SOS Coolant analysis to

assure coolant is in

optimal condition

Verify that radiators are

clean of debris both

internally and externally

Maintain proper coolant

levels and coolant

conditioner levels

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Air Intake System

Air Filters

Airflow

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Transfer System

Semi Annual and Annual

Switchgear Preventative

Maintenance Programs

Paralleling switchgear

inspection, testing ,

maintenance and repair

The ATS is the key to ensuring power is

supplied to your facility during an

emergency

Despite its critical nature the ATS is often

neglected when it comes to Maintenance

A Preventive maintenance contract can

help identify problems before a failure

occurs

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Diesel Fuel

The #1 most significant

cause of shutdown fuel

filtration fouling issues

Protect the engine

mounted fuel filter

Have a fuel monitoring

program in place

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Oil Lubrication System

Maintaining your engine oil is a very important factor in maximizing the life of your engine

Contaminated oil filters will cause failure of an engine

SOS Sampling to detect oil deterioration and abnormal wear on engine components

Replacement of lubricating oil with CAT oil will ensure maximum engine life

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Starting System

Weak or undercharged batteries are the most common cause of emergency power systems failure

Only a battery load test can verify the condition of each starting battery

Lead Acid batteries ideally should be replaced every 3 years

Consider a redundant starting system


Reliability Centered Maintenance

Quarterly Inspection by a qualified service

provider

Insulation Testing

Load Bank Testing

Building Load Testing

Address the Total System

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Load Bank Testing

Test ensure that your emergency generator will supply power for an extended period of time and perform as designed

Ensures and verifies quick response time

Verifies output current, voltage and frequency

Evaporates harmful deposits from engine and exhaust system

Closely simulates an emergency power outage

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Building Load Confidence

Testing Potential weaknesses are

identified under controlled conditions and not during an emergency

Building load testing is an ideal way of discovering whether your system will perform as intended when called upon

Simulation of a utility failure allows all of the systems to be tested including but not limited to your emergency generator, switchgear, automatic transfer switch.


Next Steps


Plan, Partner, Power

Have a written plan in place that can be put

into action

Rehearse your plan

Execute your plan before it is too late

Choose the right partner

Ask for help in developing your plan

Develop a maintenance program that ensures

reliability

Receive training on your equipment

Know the depth and capability of your partners


CAT Dealer Network In Action

Supported by at least 15 CAT dealers

providing CAT generators

Support from CAT Dealers to provide

manpower

The People that make it happen

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Final Thoughts

“Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy.”

Max Mayfield, Director National Hurricane Center

Know Your Options Emergency Preparedness Open House

June 26, 2013 Foley CAT

Know Your Options

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