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Electricity is essential for our day-to-day lives. It powers our homes, commercial and industrial activities, and critical social services such as hospitals and emergency responders. Nearly all other vital infrastructures such as telecommunications, natural gas delivery, and transportation are dependent on continually available electricity. However, electricity systems in the U.S. and other countries are vulnerable to diverse and evolving threats that can cause large-area outages that last for days, weeks, or longer. This report identifies technologies, policies, and organizational strategies to increase the resilience of the nation's electric system in the face of large outages.
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Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System
Consensus Study Report
·2017
Americans' safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of electric power. The electric power system is a complex "cyber-physical" system composed of a network of millions of components spread out across the continent. These components are owned, operated, and regulat...
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