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U.S. Army installation signs energy resilience agreement with Dominion Energy

By Chad MenegayJuly 19, 2024

U.S. Army installation signs energy resilience agreement with Dominion Energy
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Fort Gregg-Adams and Dominion Energy Virginia leaders sign a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential power generation technologies for energy services July 19, 2024, at the garrison headquarters, Fort Gregg-Adams, Va. The MOU is an agreement to discuss the possibility of smaller footprint carbon-free power solutions, such as smaller scale solar facilities, energy storage options, and other emerging technologies. (U.S. Army photo by Chad Menegay) (Photo Credit: Chad Menegay) VIEW ORIGINAL
U.S. Army installation signs energy resilience agreement with Dominion Energy
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Michelle K. Donahue, Combined Arms Support Command commanding general and Fort Gregg-Adams senior commander, shakes hands with Dominion Energy Virginia President Edward H. Baine, after Fort Gregg-Adams and Dominion Energy Virginia leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential power generation technologies for energy services July 19, 2024, at the garrison headquarters, Fort Gregg-Adams, Va. The MOU is an agreement to discuss the possibility of smaller footprint carbon-free power solutions, such as smaller scale solar facilities, energy storage options, and other emerging technologies. (U.S. Army photo by Chad Menegay) (Photo Credit: Chad Menegay) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — Fort Gregg-Adams and Dominion Energy Virginia leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential power generation technologies for energy services July 19 at the garrison headquarters.

“We are committed to exploring innovative energy solutions to meet the needs of our customers and improve the readiness and resiliency of Fort Gregg-Adams,” said Dominion Energy Virginia President Edward H. Baine.

The MOU is an agreement to discuss the possibility of smaller footprint carbon-free power solutions, such as smaller scale solar facilities, energy storage options, and other emerging technologies, Baine said.

“Today is about shaping a culture of innovation, and we have an incredible team that’s going to do that,” said Col. James D. Hoyman, U.S. Army Fort Gregg-Adams Garrison commander. “We have people who are thinking differently, as my boss says, ‘being bold and thinking differently.”

The MOU fits within the garrison’s strategic plan out to 2040 in its exploration on how the base can be an installation of innovation, Hoyman said.

“We’ve talked about this and thought differently on how we can take a partnership that was written and probably conceived in a certain way and go a totally bigger and better way,” Hoyman said. “That’s really what we’re talking about with this MOU, signing something to say, ‘how do we look for opportunities for the future?”

Dominion and FGAV have a longstanding partnership, as Dominion is a contracted utilities provider that owns and operates its equipment and facilities on the base.

In 2021, for example, the partners opened an $18 million electrical substation here to increase the installation’s energy security and resilience.

Every year leaders discuss ways to improve infrastructure and enable quality of life for people and readiness on the base.

Recent discussions involved the importance of innovation on the installation and how to spread energy out into the community, said Maj. Gen. Michelle K. Donahue, Combined Arms Support Command commanding general and Fort Gregg-Adams senior commander.

“I think this is just an incredibly powerful moment,” Donahue said. “It’s a beneficial, mutual relationship that is positive for the installation and its surrounding community.”

Hoyman said that as Donahue became commanding general here that the discussions of energy became increasingly primary and pressing.

“It was like not only, ‘yes,’” Hoyman said, “but, ‘that’s not fast enough. We need to be bolder; we need to think differently in this space.’ We’re very blessed to have such a forward-thinking leader and the right team on board.”

The power generation technologies the partnership will explore include solar, energy storage, and possibly others as opportunities arise, according to the MOU.

“We view this as the next iteration of how we can do partnerships to deliver for our customers and support the needs of our military going forward,” Baine said.