The Well- Connnected Microgried: A Network of Microgrids can Withstand Severestorms

IN SEPTEMBER 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. It was one of the deadliest and most damaging natural disasters to ever make landfall in the United States. Maria destroyed infrastructure and crops and initially claimed 64 lives. The aftermath was even more calamitous: More than 4,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of the shortage of medical care and basic resources during the extended power outages that followed the storm, according to research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. Low-income and rural communities suffered the most, with some remaining without power for almost a year.