The Department of the Air Force and the Edison Electric Institute signed a memorandum of understanding to explore best practices for joint energy resilience planning between DAF installations and EEI member companies.
The MOU establishes a framework for the two organizations to identify opportunities to align the common energy goals of the DAF, its servicing electric companies, and nearby communities. It will leverage these partnerships to facilitate cooperative conversations around energy resilience, emergency operations, and electric infrastructure improvements.
“Ensuring our installations have resilient, reliable access to electricity is critical to the DAF’s ability to remain combat ready in Great Power Competition,” explained Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Energy, Installations, and Environment), Dr. Ravi Chaudhary.
“The U.S. military is one of the largest electricity customers in the nation. Our partnership with the Department of the Air Force is vital to strengthening energy security and grid resilience and lays the foundation for joint energy resilience planning,” said EEI President and CEO, Dan Brouillette.
EEI is an association representing U.S. investor-owned utilities. Some of its member companies include FirstEnergy, Pacific Gas & Electric, ITC Holdings Corp., Duke Energy, Edison International, Oncor, American Electric Power, Eversource Energy, Exelon Corp, Xcel Energy, National Grid and more.
