April22,2020

PandemicCOVID-19What Are We Learning?

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Presenters

AaronLarsonModerator

Executive Editor

POWER magazine

AnthonyNataleEmergency Management Department

Consolidated Edison

LincolnBleveansAssistant General Manager

Burbank Water & Power

BobTaylorPresident

CoalSAFETY Inc.

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COVID-19PlanninginPencilProtection-Mitigation-Response-Recovery

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Times Square April 2020

New York City

Anthony Natale – Consolidated Edison of New York

○ Pre-Define What Is An “Essential Employee”• Mission Critical / Limited Number

○ Pandemic Staffing Philosophies • Telecommuting• Working with Administrative or Engineering Controls• Sequestered

○ Validate IT Remote System Capacity• Manage Gaps - To Go Computer Kits

○ Establish & Pre-Assign Alternate Work Locations• Pandemic Designation

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ProtectionWhatWouldWeDoDifferently

Anthony Natale – Consolidated Edison of New York

SequesteringProcess

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Team Status Time Off Medical Monitoring Working

0700-1900 Team 1 Team 3 Team 5

1900-0700 Team 2 Team 4 Team 6

Anthony Natale – Consolidated Edison of New York

○Command & Control• Pandemic Team

○Keeping Employees Safe• Administrative & Engineering Controls

○Managing Positive Test Results• Quarantine & Disinfecting

○Managing Rumors• Develop a Clear Message & Reinforce It!

• https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus/rumor-control

7Anthony Natale – Consolidated Edison of New York

MitigationChallenges&Solutions

Command Staff

Command Staff

Support Staff

Support Staff

Command Staff

○Supply Chain• Local & Stockpile Assessment• Vendors – Slow but Steady• Adapt & Overcome (made our own)• DHS/CISA Support

○Alternate Work Locations○Job Site Travel• One Truck – One Car

○Job Tasks < 6’• Manage Lack of Social Distancing w/PPE

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ResponseSupplyChain&Tactics

Anthony Natale – Consolidated Edison of New York

○ Monitor Sick Absence Trending• Validating Controls • (30 days later – Sick Absence Is Normal)

○ Meetings• Microsoft Teams

○ Training• E-Learning• ZOOM• Larger Venues / Smaller Classes

○ Blue Sky Work• Administrative Controls • Engineering Controls

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RecoveryWhatDoesRecoveryLookLike–TheNewNormal

Anthony Natale – Consolidated Edison of New York

○Firsteconomy- andsociety-stoppingglobalpandemic• sincetheSpanishFluin1918• oftheAgeofElectrification

○Emergingthemes• electrificationversus“essentialservices”• preparednessversuspandemic• processversusproximity

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Everyone’sFirstRodeo

Lincoln Bleveans – Burbank Water and Power

Haven’tWeBeenDownThisRoadBefore?ThroughoutHistory,ashumansspreadacrosstheworld,infectiousdiseaseshavebeenaconstantcompanionPandemics:

○ COVID-19 (2019 – On-Going)

○ Ebola (2014 – 2016)

○ MERS (2012 – Present)

○ H1N1(2009 – 2010)

○ SARS (2002 – 2003)

○ HIV/AIDS (1981 – Present)

11Bob Taylor – CoalSAFETY Inc.

BusinessContinuity/PreparingandResponding

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Pandemics

Incident Management System

People

Resources [Supplies]

Plan

Communicate

DoCheck

Act

What? Prepared Communications

Fire

Medical

Severe Weather

Workplace Violence

Pandemics

Loss of Utilities

Bob Taylor – CoalSAFETY Inc.

Resources

BusinessContinuityPlanning

NFPA 1600, Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and

Crisis Management.

PandemicPreparedness

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Resources for Planning, Pandemic Tools

EmergencyPreparednessOSHA, ISO 45001

Emergency Action Plan, Vulnerability Assessment, Emergency Preparedness

& Response

EmergencyResponse

NFPA 1561: Standard on Emergency Services

Incident Management System and Command

Safety

CommunicationsPlan

Effective Communications

13Bob Taylor – CoalSAFETY Inc.

○ Goal:• Scan Large Crowds Quickly

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Pre-EntryMedicalMonitoring

○ Extensive Training Required• Policies / Procedures / Practices• IT Applications

○ Competency Qualification• Required to be supervised in title to ensure proficiency (3 mos / 6 mos)• Final qualification / Practical testing

○ Licenses/ Certifications• Any licensing or certifications that requires formalized training and testing; cannot be obtained in a timely fashion.

○ Limited Skillsets: • Personnel who have gained an expertise which is specific to Company operations. This skillset has been developed on the job and

evolved through experience.

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DefiningEssentialEmployees

○ Contingency Staffing Plan: evaluate the ability to combat sick absence of essential personnel as follows:• Cross-trained personnel (within group i.e. control center) • Previously held the position (personnel who previously held the essential position and have assumed another position in the

Company)• Retirees with the essential skillset (may assume role with minimal refresher training)

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ContingencyEssentialPersonnel

○ Number of employees in title: This will be a compilation of essential personnel who currently have the position and those qualified in the contingency staffing model.

○ Sick Absence Monitoring: This will define the level of contagion. (Automated call system has been modified to offer COVID symptoms as a reason for sick absence to properly evaluate call outs.)

○ Required operational level: XX %

○ Implement sequestering when the combined normal and contingency staffing levels reach XX % of required staffing (blue sky day 100%) . However the decision to sequester may be driven by the level of contagion, latency in manifesting symptoms and duration of recovery. Essentially, do not wait for sick absence of essential personnel to drive sequestering; employ sequestering earlier in the outbreak.

○ Note: You must define what your minimum staffing model looks like (i.e. XX)

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SequesteringTriggers

SiteDisinfecting– ChlorineDioxide

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Backpack&DisinfectingProductInfo

○ CISA Website

○ https://www.cisa.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors

○ FEMA Rumor Control

○ https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus-rumor-control

○ CDC COVID View

○ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

○ EPA: List of Disinfectants

○ https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

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