An integrated platform for grid reliability, affordability, and sustainability

This project is developing an integrated platform to help address three major challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector: rising demand, affordability pressures, and the need for a more reliable, resilient, and sustainable grid. Despite growing interest in these issues, no existing tool provides a comprehensive view of grid performance across all of these dimensions. This project will fill that gap by transforming complex energy system data into an accessible platform that helps utilities, regulators, investors, policymakers, and communities better understand grid conditions and identify high-impact solutions.

The platform will serve as a near-real-time visualization and decision-support tool, integrating data on electricity generation, transmission, outages, emissions, prices, weather, and demographic characteristics across the United States. By bringing these datasets together in a single interface, users will be able to explore how reliability, affordability, sustainability, and equity vary across regions and over time.

Beyond visualization, the platform will generate new metrics and insights, including estimates of electricity not served during outages and assessments of investments that can improve reliability, reduce costs, lower emissions, and strengthen resilience. Over time, the project aims to expand globally and become a trusted resource for data-driven energy planning, supporting more informed decisions and more equitable energy systems.