The Eversource Energy Center (EEC) at the University of Connecticut hosted its Annual Workshop on February 27, bringing together faculty, students, industry partners, and advisory leaders for a day of collaboration and innovation. Research Highlights The workshop opened with remarks outlining the Center’s mission and future directions, followed by presentations spanning key focus areas: Grid Reliability and Resilience Renewable Energy Integration and Cyber-Physical Systems Climate Impacts and Community Resilience Workforce Development and Energy Policy Principal Investigators shared updates on ongoing projects addressing extreme weather forecasting, outage modeling, vegetation management, digital twin technologies, cybersecurity detection, and resilience system modeling. Student Poster […]
Grid Resilience and Reliability
With preparedness at the forefront of ensuring superior customer service, Storm Outage Forecasting delivers actionable information on predicted outage locations and magnitude.
Renewable Energy
With 90 percent of power outages during storms caused by trees, our program links forest management and community outreach for creating a sustainable and storm-resistant forest design.
Cyber-physical Security
Complex system improvements are made with advanced data identifying strategic areas for grid design, efficiency and storm resiliency.
Workforce, Training, and Outreach
UConn is committed to attracting and training the skilled and diverse workforce of the technological, policy, socio-economic, and entrepreneurial ecosystem to ensure the sustainability of clean energy transition.
Recent Center News
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EEC Annual Workshop 2026: Advancing Grid Resilience and Energy Innovation |
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Recognizing Excellence: 2026 EEC Student Poster Competition Winners |
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2025 Annual Report |
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Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience |
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Building Energy Resilience by Understanding Nuances of Power Outages Across the US |
Fast Facts
- Interim Director: Professor Diego Cerrai, PhD
- Associate Director Dr. Robert Fahey
- Current research areas include 25 projects on storm outage forecasting, tree and forest management, electric grid reinforcements, resiliency, climate change and flooding, geomagnetic disturbances, integration of renewable generation, and cyber security.
