The Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides independent advice to the United States government and the private sector on science and technology policy issues related to energy and the environment. Given the importance of electricity to our nation’s health, safety, and economy, BEES has researched methods to minimize the impact of extreme weather events, earthquakes, cyber-attacks and other disasters that have the potential to cause large-scale outages. BEES’ most recent report, Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation’s Electricity System will be publicly released at 11 a.m. EST on July 20, 2017.
To provide insight regarding important issues in the report, BEES will host a free webinar on July 20, 2017, at 2 p.m. EST. The following authors will be panelists on the webinar:
- Granger Morgan, Chair, NAS, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Jeff Dagle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
- William Sanders, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
They will identify technologies, policies and organizational strategies that should be implemented on the federal, state, and local levels. At the conclusion of the presentation, webinar participants will have an opportunity to ask questions.
On July 20, 2017, you can download the report on the National Academies Press website at nap.edu. Go here to register for the free webinar.