Re: Electric Co-Gen plants

[Dallas Thornton <dallas () SDSC EDU>]

Yes, we still have some local diesel generator capacity but to a much more limited extent than we would were we only on 
street power. Depending on the proximity of the cogen to your datacenter, the capacity of the cogen, and the campus and 
datacenter electrical distribution design, abandoning the diesel generators might be a viable option for you, assuming 
you are not trying to alleviate downtime from all offsite causes (i.e. losing both grid power and natural gas at the 
same time).

Dallas


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Ray 
Bruder
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:50 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Electric Co-Gen plants

Are there any other universities out there who have a co-gen plant.  If you do, do you still have generators backing up 
your DC UPS units?

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