Our Mission

The Foundation for Resilient Societies is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of boosting critical infrastructure resilience and recoverability.

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GridClue

GridClue™ is an online tool that allows policymakers and the general public to analyze electric grid performance for states and regions of the U.S. The principal data source for GridClue™ is the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Learn more from our whitepaper and presentation. Try it out right now at GridClue.com!

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Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine

We are actively monitoring the status of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure—including its electricity, nuclear, natural gas, telecommunications, and other sectors. Please access the published research paper, "Preserving Ukraine’s Electric Grid During the Russian Invasion," for a detailed analysis. The public can access this link for near real-time infrastructure status in Ukraine: IODA at the Georgia Institute of Technology 

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Our Publications and Filings

We regularly publish our positions on infrastructure resilience and make filings on regulatory dockets.

• "Declining Reserves for U.S. Electric Grid—Blackouts Predicted" as presented to National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates on June 10, 2024
  
• Foreign Affairs: Ukraine’s Coming Electricity Crisis
  
• "The 2021 Texas Blackouts: Causes, Consequences, and Cures" as published in the Spring/Summer issue of the Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy
•  Our presentation titled "Causes and Costs of the ERCOT Load Sheds in February 2021"
• Our presentation titled "What CAISO Didn't Tell You About the August Blackouts"
• Our presentation titled "August 2020 Blackouts in CAISO"
• Our comments on "Revisions to Regulations on Electric Reliability Organization Performance Assessments," FERC Docket No. RM21-12-000
• Submission to U.S. Department of Energy on “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System”
• ​Comments on the Cybersecurity Incentives White Paper of the FERC Staff
• ​Preserving Operational Continuity for Electric Utility Control Rooms During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• "Estimating the Cost of Protecting the U.S. Electric Grid from Electromagnetic Pulse"
• "Protecting U.S. Electric Grid Communications from Electromagnetic Pulse"

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News Stories Quoting Us

Media sources often rely on our experts for background and perspective.

• "Domestic Terrorists Could Take Out U.S. Power Grid—and Attacks Have Started" in Newsweek on January 11, 2023
  
• "Experts mull market, reliability rule changes amid Texas, regional outages" in S&P Global Market Intelligence on February 16, 2021
• "Regulators: Utilities to Buy Energy to Prevent Blackouts" in U.S. News & World Report on February 11, 2021
• ​"Global Power Sector Supply Chain Threatens National Security" in T&D World on July 28, 2020
• “Made in America, protecting the power grid” in The Washington Times on May 6, 2020
• "U.S. Moves to Address ‘Extraordinary Threat’ From Some Foreign Electric Gear" in The Wall Street Journal on May 1, 2020

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Recent Developments

Papers and articles relevant to our mission:

• ​Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 3, Number 1,  Spring/Summer 2022
  
• California ISO releases preliminary report on causes of August 14-15, 2020 blackouts.
• Energy Futures Initiative, led by former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, advocates for a new approach for carbon reduction: “Green Real Deal; A
• ​​2020 Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy

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Our ongoing work to boost critical infrastructure resilience relies on donations from people like you. Please consider contributing today to the Foundation for Resilient Societies, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

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