The electric grid is critical national security infrastructure
A reliable and resilient grid is the foundation of national defense and economic survival. Fortifying America's electric grid to deliver a reliable, diversified, secure, and affordable energy supply is not an energy policy choice. It is the precondition for everything modern life and military preparedness depend on.
Powering the Homefront
The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) produces the video series Homefront: Stories from America's Defense Communities, which takes you inside the communities and regions our military calls home.
Episode 4: “Powering the Homefront” asks what happens to national security when the military is no longer the biggest customer on America’s power grid.
Virginia’s importance to U.S. national defense is unmatched. And today, it is at the epicenter of both U.S. defense priorities and the country’s most dramatic surge in electricity demand.
Press play to join Host Tim Ford on his journey to Hampton Roads, Virginia, where a Navy base, a utility, and the shipyard that builds the fleet are finding that keeping the lights on takes more than any one organization can do alone.
Each report tackles one piece of a shared challenge.
Select a report to explore its findings and download the full publication.
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![Powering Growth and Affordability The Role of Transmission in Economic and National Security]()
Powering Growth and Affordability The Role of Transmission in Economic and National Security
How interregional transmission will boost the economy and help the grid meet surging energy demand.
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Unleashing the Grid: Energy Dominance for National Defense
A framework for defense stakeholders to understand electric grid risks and explore opportunities where defense input could strengthen and expand the electric grid.
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Unleashing Virginia: Strengthening The Commonwealth's Transmission System For National Defense
Provides a shared foundation to catalyze coordination between Virginia’s defense, energy, and economic development stakeholders.
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![Powering the Fight Lessons from the Grid at War]()
Powering the Fight Lessons from the Grid at War
Identifies a path forward for policymakers, defense leaders, utilities, and grid operators to strengthen the power grid.
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Transmission Expansion For National Defense (TREND)
Presents concepts for aligning transmission grid investment with national defense.
Converge Strategies is a consulting firm at the intersection of energy resilience and national security, working to keep the lights on when bad things happen.
