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Director’s Message

Welcome. Our research and collaboration with utilities and industry partners positions us as frontrunners in mitigating storm hazards, delivering improved reliability, and increasing the resiliency of the electric grid.

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FAST FACTS

$64M
Cumulative
Funding
 
>200
Cumulative
Publications
 
5
Patents
 
180+
Researchers

RESEARCH PILLARS

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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Cyber-physical Security

Complex system improvements are made with advanced data identifying strategic areas for grid design, efficiency and storm resiliency.

 

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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

EEC Annual Workshop 2026: Advancing Grid Resilience and Energy Innovation
Published: March 16, 2026
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 […]

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Recognizing Excellence: 2026 EEC Student Poster Competition Winners
Published: March 16, 2026
First Place: Chirag Mehta – Agent-Based Model for Power Restoration Planning. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering When major storms knock out power across Connecticut, restoring electricity to hundreds of […]

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2025 Annual Report
Published: February 20, 2026

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Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience
Published: February 17, 2026

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Building Energy Resilience by Understanding Nuances of Power Outages Across the US
Published: February 3, 2026

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      Click Here To See Past Center News: https://www.eversource.uconn.edu/category/recent-news/

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.

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Invite a Speaker

Would you like to invite a speaker from the Eversource Energy Center or from the University of Connecticut?

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Seminars

In addition to Eversource Energy Center-sponsored seminars and events, UConn offers interesting weekly presentations on all areas of research. 

Field Visits

Field Visits

We welcome you to visit our experimental tree sway field sites in Storrs, Torrington and Orange, Connecticut. Please contact Thomas Worthley, Assistant Extension Professor and Forestry Specialist, for more information.

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Center Tours

Do you wish to schedule a tour? Please contact us, and we can schedule a tour of our facilities.

Eversource Energy Center | Innovation Partnership Building: 159 Discovery Drive, Unit 5276, Storrs, CT 06269-5276 | E-Mail: eversourceenergycenter@uconn.edu