Full Title: Energy Allies Communities and Utilities Building Resilience Together
Author(s): Energy Changemakers, Ameresco
Publisher(s): Energy Changemakers ,Ameresco
Publication Date: June 5, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
In recent decades, utilities and communities have witnessed how the combination of aging electric grid infrastructure and increasingly extreme weather leads to more frequent and longer power outages. The costs have been steep—up to $150 billion annually for U.S. homes and businesses. Beyond the economic impacts, communities suffer health and safety threats when residents lose heating or cooling, and emergency services become strained.
It is increasingly clear that communities and utilities must strengthen their energy systems to ensure these impacts are minimized or avoided. So, what defines strengthening an energy system? There are a variety of terms used to describe this, but what do they each mean and why are they important to utilities and communities? Understanding the distinctions between these measures is crucial, as they are slightly different but equally important.