A Review of Resilience and Long-Term Planning in Power and Water Systems in the United States

Summary

A PNNL report from August 2024 reviews resilience and long-term planning in U.S. power and water systems, highlighting challenges from increasing extreme weather events due to climate change. From 1901 to 2022, the global average temperature rose by 1.872°F (1.04°C). Since 1980, the U.S. has experienced 310 weather and climate disasters costing over $1 billion each, with cumulative damages exceeding $2.15 trillion. In 2021 alone, 20 such events caused $145 billion in damages and at least 688 deaths. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocates over $50 billion for infrastructure resilience. The study, based on interviews with 13 utilities across 10 states serving up to 4.2 million customers, found no consistent definition or metrics for resilience in practice, but a desire for standardization and improved cross-sector integration between power and water utilities.

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