Guidance for Grid Resilience Decisions in Rural Minnesota

Summary

Rural utilities in Minnesota face significant challenges in improving grid resilience against frequent, long-duration power outages caused by major weather events like windstorms, primarily due to high per-customer upgrade costs and difficulties in quantifying benefits. This report, developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, proposes a set of 14 new metrics to better characterize grid performance and the benefits of resilience investments, analyzing data from seven rural cooperative utilities to provide guidance for strategic planning. The guidance aims to inform utilities, regulatory organizations, and funding agencies in prioritizing and tracking the benefits of distribution system upgrades.

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