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Between 2020 and 2024, PSE Healthy Energy partnered with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) and Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) to identify opportunities to build solar+energy storage resilience hubs at schools, community centers, and places of worship across California. APEN defines resilience hubs as “physical institutions that offer space for community members to gather, organize, and access resilience-building social services on a daily basis, and provide response and recovery services in disaster situations.” Our analysis focuses on solar+storage resilience hubs, which can deliver distinct advantages for community resilience by keeping essential services online during power outages and providing …
View Full ResourceBusinesses’ ability to adapt to climate change is a strategic imperative. Yet, despite the growing need to manage and respond to climate risks, a staggering 80% of companies lack a comprehensive plan for climate adaptation. This gap is a call to action— businesses must mobilize their considerable influence, resources, and partnerships to forge a resilient future.
The drive for decarbonization has demonstrated the private sector’s power to coalesce around best practices, attract investment, and shape policy. There is an urgent need for similar dynamism to accelerate climate resilience. The lack of a unifying language and framework for corporate climate action …
View Full ResourceResiliency, particularly in the context of disaster and crisis management, has gained increasing recognition as a vital component of societal well-being. This paper explores the multifaceted concept of valuing resiliency, delving into its significance, factors influencing its assessment, and various measurement approaches. By comprehensively analyzing this topic, this report aims to provide a clear understanding of the importance of valuing energy resilience in diverse settings and the complex considerations involved in its evaluation.…
View Full ResourceIn 2019, Marriott International (Marriott) launched the Marriott Infrastructure Resilience and Adaptation (MIRA) program to evaluate climate-related risks across its global portfolio of nearly 8,600 properties spanning 139 countries and territories. Through this comprehensive program, Marriott identified current and future climate risks to its portfolio and has a strategy in place to manage potential impacts, improve resiliency and mitigate losses to stakeholders.…
View Full ResourceSolar photovoltaic (PV) systems’ ability to provide behind-the-meter resilient backup power is not recognized or correctly valued. The diurnal and intermittent nature of solar power has led facility owners, policy makers, and developers to incorrectly discount the ability of solar PV to provide backup power for critical loads. To begin to address this, this project developed a software tool to assist stakeholders in quantifying the resilience benefits of solar energy when included in backup power systems. This tool was integrated into NREL’s existing REopt energy systems technoeconomic screening tool, a free, online web tool. The project team developed requirements, developed …
View Full ResourceIn 2021-2022, Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) and Pepco Holdings Inc. (PHI) collaborated with the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) on a project focused on enhancing grid investment decisions with an emphasis on resilience and equity. The project aimed to identify grant opportunities and explore unconventional distribution upgrades. BGE and PHI were also engaged in efforts to strengthen grid infrastructure and implement innovative clean energy solutions to meet sustainability and resilience objectives at the state and utility levels in Maryland.…
View Full ResourceIn 2021-2022, Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) and Pepco Holdings Inc. (PHI) collaborated with the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) on a project focused on enhancing grid investment decisions with an emphasis on resilience and equity. The project aimed to identify grant opportunities and explore unconventional distribution upgrades. BGE and PHI were also engaged in efforts to strengthen grid infrastructure and implement innovative clean energy solutions to meet sustainability and resilience objectives at the state and utility levels in Maryland.…
View Full ResourceGrid reliability and resilience are foundational to meeting electricity needs and have significant economic and societal impacts. Energy efficiency can help meet grid reliability objectives and improve resilience, but metrics and methods used today may not fully recognize these benefits. This paper explains how existing planning processes for bulk power and distribution systems capture the impact of energy efficiency on power system reliability and resilience, with illustrative examples. We identify limitations in using existing reliability and resilience metrics to quantify efficiency and other distributed energy resource (DER) benefits. The paper concludes with opportunities for regulators and utilities to enhance planning …
View Full ResourceThe Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) prepared this case study to describe how the community based organization, Ecolibrium3, developed a community solar array and resilience hub to benefit residents of a low-income, historically marginalized community in Duluth, MN. To create these two distinct projects Ecolibrium3 made use of stakeholder partnerships, technical assistance, and community outreach. This case study illustrates how these two projects were developed, what they learned, and what advice they would give to those developing future programs.
This case study was developed as part of CESA’s Solar with Justice: Connecting States and Communities project. The Solar with Justice …
View Full ResourceExtreme weather, a changing resource mix, and energy price volatility – these factors are transforming the energy landscape and driving organizations to prioritize energy resilience.
But in today’s world, organizations need to think beyond the traditional definition of ‘energy resilience’ – the ability to ensure energy continuity during power outages. Organizations should now be working toward energy resilience in broader terms to handle the varied energy challenges that will be growing throughout the coming years – like energy market volatility, regulatory risks, and stakeholder demands.
As a result, organizations are increasingly looking for solutions that align with their energy resilience …
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