Louis Dabdoub – Entergy Services, Inc. October 20, 2011 · 2013-01-03 · engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. ... wiring from power

Electric Facility Threats and Violence Louis Dabdoub – Entergy Services, Inc. October 20, 2011

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COMPANY FACTS

• Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States.

• Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and has approximately 15,000 employees.


SERVICE TERRITORY


NEWS REPORT

August 18, Associated Press – (National) Energy Dept. says copper thefts on rise. With copper prices at a near record, thieves across the country have been stealing copper wiring from power lines, construction sites, and warehouses. Now federal officials said thieves are targeting power substations and even a locked recycling yard at a nuclear lab. The Energy Department’s (DOE) inspector general (IG) reports a “troubling increase” in copper thefts from federal sites, including national research labs, generating stations, and a plant where nuclear weapons are dismantled and stored. An estimated total of $500,000 to $750,000 worth of copper has been stolen from DOE sites in the past 3 years, the IG said. Thefts have ranged from small amounts to about 30,000 pounds of copper stolen from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In Texas, hundreds of pounds of copper were stolen from the Pantex plant near Amarillo, where nuclear weapons are stored and dismantled. The IG said DOE officials must improve security, especially at recycling facilities and remote substations. In many cases, stolen copper “had not been secured in any way,” the IG wrote in a 3-page letter August 18. Some DOE sites had only minimal access controls to areas where copper is stored, he said. In the Los Alamos case, about 30,000 pounds of copper — worth an estimated $120,000 — was stolen from a fenced facility that is locked after hours. Four contractor employees were convicted in the case. Copper was selling for nearly $4 a pound August 17, more than double the price in early 2009.


Facts and responses

•Reported copper thefts from critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) sectors in the US have risen at least 50% in 2010, compared to the previous year.

•Today, we are going to talk about some suggested protective measures and avoidance techniques, including:

•Increasing awareness •Training •Security •Working with local law enforcement and scrap dealers •Using alternatives to copper metal

•Copper History


COST OF WIRE THEFT

Copper theft is a widespread problem closely linked to economic circumstances. Theft of copper wire not only poses a potential financial loss to the company, but service to customers in specific geographical areas serviced by that substation. In addition, theft of grounding wire causes safety concerns. As a result of copper wire theft, there may be

• Customers

Power outages and reliability to the Electric Grid.

• Employee Safety

Danger to employees who may surprise a theft in progress.

• System Reliability and Integrity

Productivity lost due to implementation of additional security measures.

• Replacement Scheduling

Problems getting replacement material due to high demand.

Crew down time while stolen materials are replaced.

• Death


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During certain types of thefts of copper (commonly called grounding wire) causes extreme physical risk to the criminals taking the copper, responding personnel, and the general public, including first responders. Grounding wire provides safeguards to personnel at site and any type of disruption to these “grounds” could turn the substation structures (including perimeter fence line) into “energized structures”. This poses a threat to responding personnel and first responders, but also nearby neighbors, children, pets, who may come into contact with the structure. As the value of copper has risen, thieves are risking their lives and lives of innocent people to steal materials that contain copper.


Consequences

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Simple theft…ground wires cut and pulled from the ground


FORTIFYING THE SITE

• Fencing

• Gates

• CCTV

Video Motion

• P.I.R.’s

• Trailers vs. Vaults

• Locks

• Lighting

• Security Officer

• Police – Under Cover

• Hawthorne




Mesh Fencing

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What have we done or considered

• Fencing

• Good Neighbor

• Rewards

• Educating Law Enforcement

• Tracking Devices

• Enforcer Locks

• Metal Theft Taskforce

Participation

• Marking Wire

Micro Dots


Enhanced Station Security – Electric Fence/Gates/Electronic Access


Perimeter Razor Wire Installation


Tracking Devices


Hard to prove it belongs to us…


US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts By Layer 8 Created Sep 1 2011 - 12:54pm

The US Department of Energy and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory have built a security system that is aimed at thwarting at least some of the copper thefts that plague utilities and other large facilities. Specifically, "ORNL, DOE, the utility and several subcontractors installed a comprehensive perimeter security system consisting of energy efficient lighting, surveillance cameras that operate in a high voltage environment and an anti-cut, anti-climb fence system with integral intrusion detection cable. The complete system protects a perimeter area of 3600 linear feet." More on energy: 10 hot energy projects that could electrify the world [1] "This security system will deter future vandalism attempts, allow security officers to conduct surveillance remotely and will automatically alert security officers of an attempt to breach the perimeter so the officers can enact a proper response," said project manager Brigham Thomas of ORNL's Global Nuclear Security Technology Division in a release. The security system installation, calibration and performance testing were completed in early 2011. Since the implementation, the substation has not reported any security issues.

http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/050410-layer8-energy.html�


CONCEPTAUL IDEAS/ISSUES FOR DEALING WITH WIRE-THEFT

• Scrap-metal dealers

How to control

Federal, state, local laws – why or why not?

o Is it ever a Federal issue?

Taking the profit out of the deal

Controlling the transaction

o Delay in payment

o Identification of seller

o Record keeping – it’s a joke!

– Electronic Record?

– Paper

– Storage

– Storage-time requirements

Enforcement – Getting someone interested

• Identification of company property

Costs – company vs. customer?

Authenticity

Identification of methods

One-size fits all vs. individual company logos, chemicals,

Destruction by thieves (fire, peeling, etc.)


CONCEPTAUL IDEAS/ISSUES FOR DEALING WITH WIRE-THEFT (CONT’D)

• Reliability issues or economic – who’s right?

Real vs. imaginary

Cost vs. value

Critical

• Life-safety issues

Workers

Customers

By-standers

Hospitals

Nursing homes

Defense agencies

Water treatment plants

Communication interruptions

• Past issues that may have relevancy we should consider

• DHS vs. DOE

• What’s the issue?

Theft

Property Damage

Reliability

Issue is over-blown

No one has gotten hurt yet?


QUESTIONS ?

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Louis Dabdoub – Entergy Services, Inc. October 20, 2011 · 2013-01-03 · engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. ... wiring from power