This session explores first-of-its-kind projects in North Carolina where utilities, community planners, and other key stakeholders are collaborating to develop community and grid resilience projects and frameworks designed to help prioritize investments aimed at enhancing reliability and advancing decarbonization efforts. The highlighted projects, known as the Resilient Renewable Energy to Diminish Disaster Impacts (REDDI) Communities initiative and Hot Springs Microgrid project, focus on making informed decisions regarding deployment of solar PV and energy storage projects for increased resilience.  Attendees will learn about the frameworks, challenges, and successes from these collaborative efforts, providing them with valuable insights and practical tools to implement similar strategies in their own regions and service territories.

This session will include detailed case studies from the North Carolina REDDI Communities project and Duke Energy’s Hot Springs Microgrid project, showcasing the collaborative strategies and innovative solutions employed to develop resilience planning frameworks and prioritize investments. The session will also offer interactive discussions and practical tools to empower attendees to apply these strategies in their own communities.