Full Title: SEPA and NRECA Resilience Planning Playbook for Electric Cooperative Utilities
Author(s): Jared Leader, Mac Keller, Weston Dengler, and Allison Hamilton
Publisher(s): Smart Electric Power Alliance
Publication Date: December 3, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
Electric cooperatives (co-ops) across the U.S. are navigating an evolving energy landscape shaped by increased electrification, the adoption of distributed energy resources, policy-driven decarbonization goals, and the growing impact of extreme weather events. Recognizing the evolving energy landscape, SEPA and NRECA developed the Resilience Planning Playbook for Electric Cooperative Utilities as a resource for other electric cooperatives to navigate new approaches to resilience planning.
This report includes case studies, best practices, and real-world insights from cooperative utilities developed through a workshop and several interviews. This report focuses on the resilience planning approach identified in SEPA’s Resilience Planning Playbook for States and Utilities for electric cooperative utilities. It includes summaries of their approaches to engaging with their members and communities on resilience planning, how they measure reliability and use resilience metrics, and the data they collect to support these efforts.