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The Foundation of Resilience: Keeping the Power On
The Foundation of Resilience: Keeping the Power On
July 2024
n the latest issue of Electric Perspectives magazine, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell writes about the necessary investments EEI’s member companies and our federal partners are making in grid resilience initiatives, and the importance of industry-government collaboration to continue providing customers with reliable and secure energy.“Resilience is not just about maintaining service and bouncing back from service disruptions,” Administrator Criswell writes. “It’s also about fortifying our grid to withstand and adapt to ever-changing threats.”
“EEI’s members, who supply electricity to nearly 250 million Americans, are pivotal in fostering the resilience necessary to withstand both physical and cybersecurity threats to our nation’s infrastructure,” she continues. “This means strengthening and hardening our critical energy infrastructure by reinforcing power lines, securing substations, and adopting smart-grid technologies that can help predict and mitigate disruptions.”
Read more in Electric Perspectives.