Energy Assurance Documents Library

Documents and Reports

• Hardening and Resiliency:  U.S. Energy Industry Response to Recent Hurricanes Seasons
  This report was prepared by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy and examines the efforts industry has taken, since the 2005 and 2008 hurricane seasons, to harden their assets and/or implement changes to make their energy systems more resilient.
• High-Impact, Low-Frequency Event Risk to the North American Bulk Power System June 2, 2010 —The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) The report examines three high-impact, low-frequency risks in detail: coordinated cyber, physical, or blended attacks; pandemic illness; and Geomagnetic Disturbances (GMD) and Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) events.
• Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk  -- Assessing America’s Vulnerabilities in a Global Energy Market 2010 Edition, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• A Guide to Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Protection at the State, Regional, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Level
  September 2008 -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• National Response Framework (January 2008) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—is the successor to the National Response Plan and focuses on response and short-term recovery.   http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm#
  • Emergency Support Function #12—Energy Annex
    http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-esf-12.pdf  
  • Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Support Annex
    http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-esf-12.pdf
• The National Infrastructure Protection Plan, (2009) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—provides a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) protection roles and responsibilities for governmental agencies and private sector security partners.
  http://www.dhs.gov/nipp
  • Energy Sector Specific Plan (Energy SSP) The Energy SSP, an annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), provides a comprehensive risk management framework that defines critical infrastructure protection roles and responsibilities for government, private industry and other energy sector partners. The 2010 update to the Energy SSP is now available at: http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/Energy_SSP_2010.pdf
• Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Government Emergency Plans (March 2009) Department of Homeland Security, FEMA—promotes a common understanding of the fundamentals of planning and decision making to help emergency planners examine a hazard and produce integrated, coordinated, and synchronized plans.
• The Governors Guide to Energy Assurance (December, 2006) NGA Center of Best Practices Homeland Security & Technology—roles and responsibilities for ensuring a robust, secure and reliable energy infrastructure.
  http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.6c9a8a9ebc6ae07eee28aca9501010a0/?vgnextoid=35fe91e19877f010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
• Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines (September 2008) Public Technology Institute (PTI). Protecting and enhancing the resiliency of the energy sector from natural and human-caused disasters requires local governments to be vigilant and aware of the interdependencies of the system. This guide provides a valuable resource for local governments as they examine and enhance their energy assurance efforts.
  http://www.pti.org/index.php/ptiee1/more/410/
• The National Strategy for Homeland Security provides a common framework for the prevention and disruption of terrorist attacks; protection of the American people, our critical infrastructure, and key resources; response to and recovery from incidents; and strengthening the foundation to ensure long-term success.
  http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/history/gc_1193938363680.shtm
• The Role of State Public Utility Commissions in Protecting the National Utility Infrastructure, National Regulatory Research Institute, (March 2005).
  http://nrri.org/pubs/multiutility/05-03.pdf
• DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
  http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/editorial_0542.shtm
• Information Sharing Practices in Regulated Critical Infrastructure States Analysis and Recommendations
  This report was prepared by the Critical infrastructure Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in 2007 and provides information of state practices on protecting sensitive information from disclosure.
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Technical Briefs
  http://www.naruc.org/cipbriefs
• Information Technology for Counterterrorism: Immediate Actions and Future Possibilities (book)  (2003) Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
  http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10640.html
• Planning for Government Continuity (November, 2003)  National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices
  http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.9123e83a1f6786440ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=ed74303cb0b32010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
• Establishing State Intelligence Fusion Centers (July, 2005) National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices—Guidance for setting up and operating an intelligence fusion center
  http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/FusionCenterIB.pdf
• Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges Need to be Addressed  (July, 2002) General Accounting Office
  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02961t.pdf
• Making the Nation Safer (book) (2002)—National Academies Press
  http://search.nap.edu/nap-cgi/napsearch.cgi?term=making+the+nation+safer
• States' Homeland Security Priorities (August, 2002) National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices
  http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.9123e83a1f6786440ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d9fc5aa265b32010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
• Interstate Strategies for Transmission Planning and Expansion  (2002) Task Force on Electricity Infrastructure, The National Governor's Association (NGA)—report recommending the creation of Multi-State Entities (MSEs) to facilitate state coordination on transmission planning, certification, and siting at a regional level.
  http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.9123e83a1f6786440ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=07f1303cb0b32010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
• Electrical Energy Security (April 2002) The Regulatory Assistance Project
  • Part I: Assessing Security Risk
    http://www.raponline.org/Pubs/IssueLtr/ElecSec1.pdf
  • Part II: Policies for a Resilient Network'
    http://www.raponline.org/docs/RAP_IssuesLetter-ElectricalEnergySecurityPolicies_2002_04.pdf
• Emergency Planning and Preparedness: Securing Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructures In the New Economy (June, 2001)—National Petroleum Council
  http://www.npc.org/reports/rby.html