From the perspective of the transmission system, every category 4 hurricane is basically a grid killer
Distributed energy options like solar and battery storage could offer solutions to rural communities.Ben Franklin, one of the honorary founders of the electricity business, said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With that in mind, consider power outages caused by hurricanes, a severe adverse weather phenomenon that appears to be both increasingly common and increasingly severe. Sort of a metaphor for the climate in general.
And finally, would rural customers be served better with distributed resources, like rooftop solar plus batteries, rather than reconnecting them to the grid since there is a constant rebuilding process anyway? The utility transmission system, which was up until recently considered a very low risk asset, is now seen in a severe hurricane context as the primary source of system vulnerability. The same is true in fire prone areas.
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