Energy System in Transition: Valuing Investments in Reliability and Resilience

This video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center features a presentation by Pete Larsen, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This presentation was given at the 2025 BEST Annual Institute: Ensuring Sustainability: Energy Efficient Buildings & Technician Education.

During the presentation, Larsen discusses changes in the electricity sector in the United States, using Montana as a case study. The presentation describes the potential impacts these changes may have on the reliability and resilience of the electrical grid. Larsen shares risk management strategies that businesses, households, and the public sector can use to prepare for power disruptions.

This video runs 00:43:06 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately.