State Energy Offices play a key role in enhancing energy security and grid resilience across the nation. State Energy Offices lead the update of the
State Energy Security Plans (SESP). SESPs serve as the foundation of resilience planning by identifying threats, hazards, and vulnerabilities as well as outlining mitigation efforts. In the majority of states, State Energy Offices have also been designated by the Governor as lead agency for the implementation of federal formula grants to States and Tribes to prevent outages and enhance the resilience of the electric grid. State Energy Offices coordinate with State Emergency Management Agencies on energy security, resilience funding, and energy emergency response. In their role as convenors of energy sector stakeholders, State Energy Offices are often engaged with investor-and-consumer-owned utilities, the private sector, community groups, universities, labor unions, Tribes, among others – a critical aspect of enhancing grid resilience.