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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Energy Resilience Principles -- Chapter 1: The Energy Resilience Imperative -- Access to Fossil Fuels -- The Energy Water Nexus -- Electricity Infrastructure -- Terrorism and Sabotage -- Climate Change -- Chapter 2: Energy Resilience Concepts -- The Evolving Meaning of Energy Resilience -- Resilience at all Levels -- Local Energy Resilience -- Grid Resilience -- Government Resilience

Finding a place on the Energy Resilience Spectrum -- Part 2: Energy Resilience Strategies and Tactics -- Chapter 3: The Energy Resilience Planning Process -- Rallying Around Public Safety -- Stressing the Green Benefits: Environmental and Financial -- Using a Mandate to Leverage Better Resilience Planning -- Step 1: Engage Stakeholders and Establish Scope -- Step 2: Assess Energy Resilience Baseline -- Step 3: Perform Risk Assessment -- Step 4: Set Goals and Identify Resilience Tactics -- Step 5: Plan Implementation of Resilience Tactics -- Step 6: Execute Measures and Evaluate Performance

Resilience Planning for the Grid -- Resilience Planning for Government -- Resilience Planning for Local Institutions -- Chapter 4: Resilience Metrics and Maturity Model -- The Maturity Model Approach -- The Resilience Value Approach -- The Customized Metric Approach -- Getting Started with the Maturity Model -- Part 3: Energy Resilience at Every Level -- Chapter 5: Energy Resilience at the Grid Level -- The Changing Needs of the Grid -- The Increasing Cost of Outages -- The Potential of Distributed Energy Resources -- The Demands of Electrification -- The Resilient Grid is a Smart Grid

Best Practices for Utility Resilience Planning -- What Can Utilities do to Improve Resilience? -- Utility Resilience Program Maturity Model -- Chapter 6: Energy Resilience at the Local Level -- The Importance of Local Energy Resilience -- Energy Resilience in our Four Community Types -- Local Resilience Special Cases: Cities -- Local Resilience Special Cases: Portfolios of Distant Facilities -- Tactical Approaches to Local Energy Resilience -- On-Site Energy Technologies -- Local Energy Resilience Maturity Model -- Chapter 7: Government Resilience: Policy and Programs

Government Actions in Support of Government Energy Resilience -- Government Actions to Support Market Energy Resilience -- Government Resilience Program Maturity Model -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Authors -- Endnotes

This book provides every level of decision-maker with tools and best practices for reducing the risk of and from electricity loss due to external forces.

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