Agenda 06/25/2024 Item # 5A (Presentation - Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) Storm Season Preparedness)06/25/2024
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 5.A
Doc ID: 29113
Item Summary: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) Storm Season Preparedness Presentation by Allan
Ruth, Incident Commander, LCEC.
Meeting Date: 06/25/2024
Prepared by:
Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director – County Manager's Office
Name: John Mullins
06/12/2024 12:05 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director – County Manager's Office
Name: John Mullins
06/12/2024 12:05 PM
Approved By:
Review:
County Manager's Office Ed Finn County Manager Review Completed 06/16/2024 7:44 PM
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 06/25/2024 9:00 AM
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Lee County Electric
Cooperat ive (LCEC)
Allan Ruth, Incident Commander
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Packet Pg. 21 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
FLORIDA'S
ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVES
Serving 2.7
million member
across Florida
DISTRIBUTION CO-OPS
1.Escambia River EC
2.CHELCO
3.Gulf Coast EC
4.We st Florida EC
5.Ta lquin EC
6.Tr i-County EC
7.Suwannee Valley EC
8.Okefenoke REMC
9.Clay EC
10.Central Florida EC
11.SECO Energy
12.Withlacoochee River EC
13.Peace River EC
14.Glades EC
15.Lee County EC
16.Florida Keys EC
GENERATION & TRANSMISSION CO-OPS
1.PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
2.Seminole Electric Cooperative
1 2
3
4
5
9
8
76
16
15
14
13
12 11
10
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Packet Pg. 22 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
About Lee County Electric Cooperative
•Serving Portions of Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Monroe, Hendry and Lee Counties
•245,000 Members
•9,007 miles of energized lines
•Tr ansmission –179 miles
•Distribution overhead –4,005 miles
•Distribution underground –732 miles
•Secondary and services –4,091 miles
•26 Substations
•Approx imately 430 Employees
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Packet Pg. 23 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Ve getation Management
•Tr ansmission
•Annual visual inspection
•Followed up with corrective actions
•Annual reclaim projects (approximately 10 miles)
•179 miles of 138kV
•Distribution
•Feeders: 3-year cycle
•Laterals: 5-year cycle
•Palm tree removal program
•Customer request
•Outage investigation
•3,978 miles of line
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Packet Pg. 24 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Po le Inspections
•2,186 transmission structures
•100% visual inspection
•Climbing inspection: 2-year cycle
•Change-out as identified
•Ratio of poles
•Concrete –1,705
•Steel & hybrid –430
•Wo od –51
•167,633 distribution
•~16,000 poles inspected annually
•Ta rgeted pole change-out program: targets 2,500 annually
•Ratio of poles
•Wo od –150,590
•Concrete –16,730
•Steel / aluminum –343
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Packet Pg. 25 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
LCEC Service Territory
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Packet Pg. 26 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Storm Pre paration and Resto ration Pro cesses
•Annual Preparation
•Spring drills
•Incorporate Lessons Learned
•State wide table top exercise
•Ta ble Top Exercises
•Mutual Aid & Contract Vendor Agreements
•Storm Rate Contracts in place before June 1st
•Mutual Aid contract reviews and updates
•Review expectations
•Materials
•Increased inventory levels
•Review staging areas and storm stock items
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Packet Pg. 27 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Communication with
Employees/Resto ration Partners
•Internal Communication –SAFETY
•Email
•Online and Phone Hotline
•Intranet
•Sub-group meetings
•Ve ndors, Suppliers, Contractors
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Packet Pg. 28 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Communication with
Customers/Stakeholders
•External Communication
•Lcec.net –Storm Center
•SmartHub, LCEC News,
Back of the Bill
•LCEC Hurricane Guide
•Advertising
•Pre-Storm Presentations
•Social Media
•Government Relations/EOC
•Media/Social Media
•Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube
•Hurricane Guides
•Public Presentations
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Packet Pg. 29 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Re source Requirements
•Re quirements that build on each other
•Pers onnel
•Equipment
•Lodging
•Food
•Fuel
•Materials
•The “go” decision use to be $1 to $2 million, today it is $10 million
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Packet Pg. 30 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Re sto ration Pro cess
•Source Power
•LCEC Transmission
•Substations
•Main Feeders
•Key Accounts
•Large Customer Counts
•Small Customer Counts
•Individual Customers
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Packet Pg. 31 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Mate rial Inventory Issued fo r Rebuild &
Re sto ration
•Critical Material Inventory Issued
•1,950 transformers
•3,042 poles
•822,361 ft. OH conductor
•84,250 ft. UG cable
•1,388 crossarms
•31,873 insulators
•60,000 splices
•15,585 fuse links
•188,000 lbs. of crushed rock
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Packet Pg. 32 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season
Lessons Learned from 2022 Storm Season
•Hurricane Ian
•Plan design
•Accommodate increased resource counts
•Employee impacts 25% severe damage
•Customer outreach
•Broader application -In-person information stations/tents
•Pre and post hurricane
•Utilization of contractors and mutual aid outside of norms
•Base Camps
•Tr ucking
•Wa rehouse
•The Storm
•Big and slow = trouble
•Storm surge
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Packet Pg. 33 Attachment: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) - Gov Agencies (29113 : LCEC Storm Season