Electric Network Disaster Mitigation for Utilities Serving Rural Communities (ENDURE)

Iowa State University ENDURE team, the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, and Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management will work together to develop the first ever open access, easy to maintain and user-centered tool for asset management, scenario-based risk assessment, and situational awareness to be adopted by public rural utilities. Project will aim to create a user-informed, multi-source data-based approach to create physical properties of gridlines based on the climatic factors representing extreme weather events; generate the data and supporting models for the hazards observed in the pilot region; and provide a dynamic environment accounting for climate change effects and climate adaptation strategies.