Expanding the paradigm of evaluating community benefits in investments in grid resilience utilising a balanced scorecard approach.

This article focuses on developing and testing a balanced scorecard approach to evaluate community benefits from investments in electric grid resilience. The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, in partnership with the utility ComEd, created a multi-domain scorecard incorporating economic, public health, social vulnerability, and critical infrastructure variables to quantify resilience and vulnerability at the community level. The scorecard aims to support more informed, equitable investment decisions by integrating publicly available data with community-specific factors, though it is limited by data granularity, update frequency, and geographic applicability primarily within the US. Case studies applying the scorecard to diverse census tracts demonstrated its potential to identify varying vulnerabilities and inform tailored resilience strategies, while emphasizing the need to complement quantitative analysis with community engagement.