BLUF. Travis Air Force Base, like most military installations, depends on the same commercial electric grid, water systems, and transportation systems as the surrounding community to execute its mission. When those systems are disrupted by extreme weather, aging equipment, or malicious actors, both operational readiness and community resilience are at risk.
Overview. Since January 2023, Converge Strategies, LLC worked with the City of Fairfield, Solano County, Travis AFB, and the Travis Community Consortium to identify regional infrastructure vulnerabilities and develop actionable solutions through OLDCC’s Installation Readiness Program.
Phase One. Involved interviewing stakeholders to understand their operational needs and document their infrastructure capabilities; planning and facilitating the first OLDCC community-installation-utility partner tabletop exercise highlighting regional vulnerabilities; analyzing risks across the electrical, water, wastewater, and transportation sectors; and prioritizing project solutions that could alleviate the identified vulnerabilities.
Phase Two. With electricity infrastructure identified as the region’s highest-priority vulnerability from Phase One, we worked with stakeholders to develop a microgrid concept that is modular by design and has the ability to adjust generation mix, scale, and phasing as installation and community needs evolve.
The Path Forward. The Travis Regional Macro Energy Resilience Project Steering Committee, representing Solano County, the City of Fairfield, Travis Community Consortium, and Travis AFB, has endorsed this as a regional and national defense priority for community and installation partners to sustain collaboration on this multi-year effort.