Federal Resources

• Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) -- Transforming U.S. Energy Infrastructures in a Time of Rapid Change: The First Installment of the QER, DOE Video 
• National Petroleum Council (NPC) “Enhancing Emergency Preparedness for Natural Disasters” (December 2014)
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013, Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience and Supplements – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• State Energy Risk Profiles The profiles provide a state by state summary of both natural and man-made hazards with the potential to cause disruption of the electric, petroleum, and natural gas infrastructures. 
• Understanding Energy Infrastructure and Supply Chains
  • Energy Explained Your Guide to Understanding Energy – U.S. Energy Information Administration.
  • United States Electricity Industry Primer -- Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 
  • Energy Primer -- A Handbook of Energy Market Basics - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 

Documents & Reports

The following are documents and reports relevant to Energy Assurance planning:

• Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk: Assessing America’s Vulnerabilities in a Global Energy Market - Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Physical Security of the U.S. Power Grid: High-Voltage Transformer Substations (June 2014) - Released by the Congressional Research Service on June 17, 2014, this report focuses on the physical security of high-voltage transformer substations.
• The National Infrastructure Protection Plan, (2013) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—provides a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) protection roles and responsibilities for governmental agencies and private sector security partners.