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June 6, 2001 To: The Campus Community From: Tom Vani, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services Re: Continuing Need for Energy Conservation and What to Do During a Rolling Blackout Dear colleagues: As you are all aware, California continues to struggle with the current energy crisis. Already this year we have experienced an unprecedented number of consecutive days where CAISO has declared Stage III alerts with a number of rolling blackouts. In addition, the state anticipates that there will be rolling blackouts in coming months as summer approaches due to increased energy demands. Units should ensure that computers and other sensitive equipment are protected with UPS systems to avoid damage. Doing our part to conserve energy is essential to minimize rolling blackouts. Also, the Governor and the State of California are asking businesses, individuals and state agencies to prepare to reduce consumption an additional twenty percent this summer, when asked. We are working to develop a plan to meet that goal. More information will be forthcoming as the plan is developed. In light of this situation, I convened two energy-related task forces. The first, the Energy Outage Protocol Task Force (EOPTF) was charged with developing a communications plan and guidelines to take effect during a power outage. The second task force, the Energy Conservation Task Force (ECTF), was charged with making energy conservation and power curtailment recommendations. The guidelines for "What to do During a Rolling Blackout" and the energy conservation guidelines can found at http://ucscfac.ucsc.edu/facilities/index_energy.html along with other useful energy related information. Please familiarize yourselves with both of these documents so that you will know what to do in the event of a rolling blackout and so that you can help contribute to our overall campus energy conservation goals. While energy conservation is a campus wide initiative, individual units should take it upon themselves to meet and discuss ways in which to conserve energy during this crisis, incorporating the referenced guidelines. Because individual units each have needs unique to their operational requirements, I urge managers and supervisors to involve your staff in meeting conservation goals. I also encourage individuals to become personally involved in this effort. Each of us doing our part is key to our overall success. The energy conservation measures recommended by the ECTF, added together with your creative efforts, point the way to a significant reduction in energy use on this campus. In the following weeks additional information will be distributed to the campus in an ongoing effort to conserve. Information provided will include energy-saving tips and reminders, purchasing guides, and website information relevant to this crisis. In the meantime, if you and your colleagues have additional ideas about how to reduce energy consumption, please forward them to Interim Physical Plant Director Ilse Kolbus (ilse@cats.ucsc.edu) or to Energy Systems Engineer Bob Dunn (rldunn@cats.ucsc.edu). Practical, innovative ideas will be included in future recommendations aimed at energy conservation. Thank you for your continued efforts to reduce our energy consumption and avoid blackouts. Sincerely, Tom Vani Vice Chancellor Business and Administrative Services Energy Conservation Task Force: Principal Engineer Ayraud Exec. Admin. Asst. Barry Senior Engineer Bayer Assistant Dean Caloss Assistant Director Clarke Exec. Admin. Asst. Cohen Assistant Director Davenport Energy Manager Dunn Associate Director Dunne Computing Director Garges Associate Vice Chancellor Heit Director Kolbus Assistant Vice Chancellor LeCuyer Operations Officer McCaffrey Head of Library Operations Ortiz Director Rose Senior Superintendent West Energy Outage Protocol Task Force: Assistant Director Burns Assistant Director Clarke Associate Director Dunne Director Hyder Assistant Director Lecuyer Director McQuitta College Administrative Officer Sifuentes Police Chief Tepper Assistant Vice Chancellor Valentino
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