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the following is a message from Marine

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Corps Energy .

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Mm hmm . Mhm .

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Yeah .

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In 2020 to the Marine Corps Logistics

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base in Albany Georgia declared an

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important victory in its effort to

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become electrically net zero . The

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announcement capped years of effort and

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cemented Albany status as a leader for

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energy resilience within Mickey east .

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Hello , I am Colonel Michael Fitzgerald ,

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Commanding Officer , Marine Corps

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Logistics Base Albany Georgia . In 2000

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and nine , the secretary of the Navy

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committed the Navy and Marine Corps to

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meeting five energy goals which provide

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the direction for achieving energy ,

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security and independence Of those

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goals was to increase alternative

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energy ashore by making installations

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Net zero . More recently in 2017 , the

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Department of the Navy published an

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Energy Security Framework which

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emphasized objectives to enhance

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mission assurance through assured

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energy defining benchmarks for

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resiliency , reliability and efficiency

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necessary for installations to enable

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its missions . After years of hard work

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and dedication of active duty sailors ,

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marines and civilian marines , I'm

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proud to say . Marine Corps Logistics

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Base . Albany has met the requirements

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and is now officially net zero .

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If you've never heard of Marine Corps

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Logistics Base Albany , you'll find it

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in dougherty county Georgia near the

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city of Albany . Those small and square

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miles . The base plays a critical role

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for the Marine Corps proudly serving

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his home to the Marine Corps Logistics

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Command , the Marine depot maintenance

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command , production plant Albany , the

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Marine Force storage command , the

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second Marine Force storage battalion ,

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the Defense Logistics Agency and the

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Marine Corps Forces Reserve .

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The installations . Core mission is to

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provide high quality cost effective

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facility support for its tenant

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commands who in turn provide support

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directly to the war fighter . Just as

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critically . Albany serves as the safe

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haven for the Marine Corps recruit

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depot or M . C . R . D . At paris

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Island and the Naval Education and

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Training Command or any T . C . At

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Pensacola . The base also supports the

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humanitarian assistance program or

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happy , which allows the D . O . D . To

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provide non lethal equipment to foreign

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countries when requested by the State

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Department in times of Natural Disaster

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have can provide things like medical

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supplies , tents and other basic needs

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which can help mitigate the need to

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deploy U . S . Forces .

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There are several different types of

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Net zero status including carbon

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emissions , natural gas and more . In

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the case of M . C lb Albany , the term

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refers to electrical net zero , which

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as defined by its public works division

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means that it produces as much

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electricity from renewable sources on

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or near the installation as consumed

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over the course of a year .

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Reaching this critical point has taken

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substantial effort and investment on

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the part of the installation and

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involved a combination of energy

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savings performance contracts or E . S .

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P . C . S . And energy conservation

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investment programs or S . IPs . Along

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the way . It all started when the

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installation launched its first DSP see

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one of the key energy conservation

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measures or the CMS called for the

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installation of new direct digital

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controls or DCs in buildings across the

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base allowing the existing smart grid

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to manage additional facilities . A

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second GSPC led to the installation of

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the first landfill gas generator or LFG ,

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which serves the P P . A production

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area . A second LF G came later through

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a necessity . The landfill gas required

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to power the generators comes from the

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Dougherty County Landfill as part of a

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25 year purchase agreement , providing

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an easement for three miles of

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connected pipeline . A second

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disciplined to the implementation of

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Albany's first borehole thermal energy

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system or B T . E . S leading the way

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is the first D . O . D installation to

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evaluate the technology for use . After

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seeing energy efficiency improved by as

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much as 50% . The base implemented

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another recipe that brought in three

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additional systems , A 30 spc built on

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previous successes with one E . C . M .

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Leading to the installation of an 8.5

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megawatt biomass steam turbine

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generator or sTIG to make it happen . M .

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ClB Albany partnered with Georgia power

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and the Procter and Gamble company to

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install a biomass plant to produce

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steam , wood chips and other

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combustibles power . The production of

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steam at both high and low pressure .

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The high pressure steam runs a 47

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megawatt turbine owned by Georgia power

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while a portion of the low pressure

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steam goes to Procter and Gamble with

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the rest Powering the sTIG that serves

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em clB Albany .

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It may have been years in the

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making , but the investment towards

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achieving net zero has already begun to

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pay off in 2021 alone , Albany saw

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substantial savings in both dollars in

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kilowatt hours and for more months of

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the year than not . The base actually

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saw an electrical surplus

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under normal operating conditions . M

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ClB Albany doesn't draw any of its

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energy from the local utility . Instead ,

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the entire installation is powered by

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the sTIG and the L . F . G . Which

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helps mitigate the risk associated with

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getting power from a commercial source .

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Even during times of increased load ,

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the L . F . G . And the sTIG provides

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sufficient energy to meet the

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installations needs even during times

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of peak demand . Energy from the local

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utility remains unnecessary during

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utility outages . The sTIG in the L . F .

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G continue to supply power without

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interruption , supplemented by building

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level generators for critical

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facilities . Energy from the local

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utility may become necessary during

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maintenance on the basis power grid or

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in the event of an unplanned outage .

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Other than that , the base can meet if

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not exceed its own energy needs and in

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times of surplus sells the excess

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electricity to the local utility .

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Now , the official announcement was

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made in 2022 . But the base had already

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been seeing energy savings since as

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much as a year prior and there's more

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every day for questions or comments on

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the net zero effort at M . C lb .

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Albany contact the basis .

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Communication strategy and operations

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office . Thanks for watching

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a

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nothing

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Okay

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a .