Lessons for Grid Resilience from the Upper Roaring Fork Valley

The report details a collaborative process in Colorado's Upper Roaring Fork Valley to enhance grid resilience against hazards like fires. It concludes that partnerships between utilities and community stakeholders lead to more efficient solutions and that integrating distributed clean energy, such as solar and battery storage, can provide both emergency backup and daily operational benefits.

• Collaborative engagement between community stakeholders and local utilities enables the development of more efficient solutions that provide greater benefits to all involved parties.
• Integrating emerging technologies like solar and battery storage into resilience planning allows regions to benefit from falling costs while supporting clean energy goals.
• Effective power supply resilience requires distributed clean energy solutions and a utility-community partnership, potentially necessitating new business models and ownership structures to ensure benefits during both normal operations ('blue sky') and emergencies ('black sky').

APA

RMI (2020). Lessons for Grid Resilience from the Upper Roaring Fork Valley. https://rmi.org/resources/working-together-toward-a-more-resilient-future/

Chicago

RMI. Lessons for Grid Resilience from the Upper Roaring Fork Valley. 2020. https://rmi.org/resources/working-together-toward-a-more-resilient-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2020lessons, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Lessons for Grid Resilience from the Upper Roaring Fork Valley}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2020}, month = may, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/working-together-toward-a-more-resilient-future/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }