Leveraging Utility Programs to Optimize Costs

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1 Hour
Level
Introductory
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Mears, Rick
Gingrich, Jeff
Tokash, William
Topics
Energy Management
Procurement
Date

Federal facilities face increasing pressure to reduce utility costs, improve energy efficiency, and comply with legislative mandates while navigating complex procurement processes and budget constraints. This workshop will help agencies take full advantage of utility programs and incentives aligned with federal energy priorities. Participants will explore cost-saving opportunities such as demand response, time-of-use pricing, energy efficiency incentives, off-site energy tariffs, and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs). In addition, FEMP experts and utility representatives will present case studies and discuss underutilized services provided by utilities under GSA Areawide Contracts that can help facilities upgrade and harden infrastructure to enhance resilience. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Identify key federal policies and priorities that are driving federal energy procurement decisions;
  • Identify utility programs that can reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance resilience;
  • Recognize how to engage with utilities to maximize available incentives, funding, and procurement pathways;
  • Recognize how to use the FEMP webtool, the Utility Program Navigator, to easily search find utility programs and incentives that are most relevant for federal customers. 
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Leveraging ESPC Energy Sales Agreements: Considerations, Regulations, Applications

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1.5 Hours
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Shah, Chandra
Robinson, Gerald
Lowder, Travis
Topics
Distributed Energy
Contract / Contracting
Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Procurement
Renewable Energy
Resilience Planning
Date

Onsite generation for federal agencies procured through private sector partnerships will be a crucial means for the governments fleet of buildings to meet Administration priorities such as cost savings and energy security. ESPC Energy Sales Agreements (ESPC-ESAs), where energy service companies (ESCOs) provide financing, project development services, operational efficiency, and risk management, are a tool available to agencies in meeting these Administration goals. The ESA process associated regulatory compliance can prove challenging for agencies and ESCOs, and this has impacted broader adoption of ESAs. This will be a pre-conference workshop for 2025s Energy Exchange that will focus on identifying specific pain points from a legal and cost perspective, and ways that agencies have successfully navigated them in past ESAs. Topics may include federal tax incentive regulation updates, fair market value determination, contract structure such as novation and tri-party agreements and how to document various types of ESA ECMs in eProject Builder. ESPC ESA project case studies will be referenced, and attendees are encouraged to bring forward their own examples. The desired outcomes of this workshop are to foster peer learning; to identify methods to improve ESA processes; and to identify tools/templates that could help. The ultimate goal is to chart clear pathways for federal agencies to successfully leverage these agreements to meet the Administration's and DOE's goals.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Support deeper understanding of ESPC ESAs to increase usage across federal sector;
  • Analyze ESPC ESA challenges and opportunities;
  • Support peer learning around ESAs.
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Cybersecurity and You: Understand WHY and HOW You Can Help

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1.5 Hours
Level
Introductory
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Bonebrake, Christopher
Topics
Cybersecurity
Energy Management
Date

Ensuring cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility, but not all of us speak the same language! This FEMP workshop is aimed at federal energy managers, engineers, and other operational technology staff to help them better understand key cybersecurity concepts to help better respond to agency cybersecurity requirements, procure new technology that may impact cybersecurity posture, and work with IT staff to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities while keeping operational technology up and running.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Recognize the importance of cybersecurity for operational technology;
  • Describe key roles and responsibilities for cybersecurity;
  • Recognize IT cybersecurity concepts and approaches into operational technology-related activities.
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Critical Energy Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1 Hour
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Sanghvi, Anuj
Topics
Cybersecurity
Assessment
Date

This educational and interactive workshop will be centered on resilient and secure infrastructure, with a focus on recent examples of attacks on critical infrastructure. This workshop will illustrate risks to federal facilities and an all-hazards scenario, and discuss how Federal agencies can be positioned to resist worst-case scenarios. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Identify cyber-physical systems and the important role they play in federal energy systems;
  • Recognize cyberattacks on cyber-physical systems trends, vulnerabilities, and possible consequences;
  • Identify resources to help prevent cyberattacks on cyber-physical systems.
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