On October 7, 2022, DOE issued a Request for Information (RFI) to industry and university stakeholders seeking information on the existing tools and resources available to bolster the capabilities of states, territories, and Tribes to execute plans to enhance the resilience of their electric grids.
The responses from the RFI will help establish DOE’s Grid Resilience Planning and Resource Hub – a new resource funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will accelerate the deployment of transformative projects to help ensure the reliability of the grid, so all American communities have access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity anytime, anywhere.
The RFI seeks information about capabilities including:
- Forecasting tools to determine electricity demand and the implications of distributed energy resources adoption.
- Risk assessment processes to examine risks and their impacts on energy infrastructure, essential human services (e.g., water supply and emergency services), and vulnerable populations in order to prioritize resilience investments.
- Modeling and simulation capabilities that can determine the severity and impact of threats on energy and electricity infrastructure at national, regional, and local levels.
- Multi-objective decision analysis methods to enable the prioritization of electric infrastructure investment options across a range of policy objectives.
Comments closed on November 21, 2022.