Power After the Storm: Achieving Grid Resilience in a Climate Changing World

Communities across the central United States are facing a harsh and dangerous reality: extreme weather events were behind all of the last decade’s biggest blackouts, leaving millions of people without power at the very moment it was needed most. As climate change exacerbates extreme events like thunderstorms, hurricane-driven-rain, and snowstorms in the region, the need for science-based, proactive grid modernization is more pressing than ever. The responsibility to keep the lights on amidst this climate reality, and ensure underlying energy injustices are not perpetuated, falls particularly on utilities, regional transmission operators, and state leaders.