California Grid Resilience Report

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the federal government has earmarked non-competitive funding for states and Indian tribes to improve the resilience of their electric grids. Known as the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants, this program is designed to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters.

Baringa was commissioned by the Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in a consortium of technical assistance providers known as Grid Resilience and Climate Change Impacts (GRACI) as an independent advisor that supported states in the allocation of their grants.

The following California Grid Resilience Report was produced for the California Energy Commission (CEC) as part of the technical assistance program.  This report helps states identify future risks from extreme weather by analyzing downscaled climate projections and assessing the impact to various energy assets out to mid- and end-century. Additionally, the report suggests low- and high-cost mitigation and adaptation strategies to address the identified extreme weather risks.

A custom version of this report was produced for all 11 states in the Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC). For more information on these additional reports or the GRACI program, please feel free to reach out to the Baringa team.

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Community Energy Reliability and Resilience Investment (CERRI) Program funds projects across California that increase community energy resilience and reliability, advance state energy and resilience goals, and create good-paying jobs.

This report was prepared as the result of work sponsored by the U.S Department of Energy.  It does not necessarily represent the views of the CEC, its employees, or the State of California. The CEC, the State of California, its employees, contractors, and subcontractors make no warranty, express or implied, and assume no legal liability for the information in this report. This report has not been approved or disapproved by the CEC, nor has the California Energy Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the information in this report. This report may act as a reference for potential applicants, but will not be factored in how grant applications are scored.

For more information, please contact the Baringa team.