HS3-1 Work with local electric utilities to conduct a grid capacity, conditions, and resilience​ assessment. Assessment recommendations should also identify strategies for improved energy resilience including solar+storage back-up.

HS3-2 Develop a transparent and inclusive decision-making framework designed to achieve climate, equity, safety, health and prosperity goals. Support and encourage local governments to use it when making major infrastructure, transportation, land use, community development and project development plan and investment decisions. Consider existing systems, like STARS and MOSAIC​, as models.

HS3-3 Prepare for public buildings to be used in different ways, both in lower-impact ways, such as community members and vulnerable populations using the buildings as cooling centers during hot days, and as safe-havens during acute emergencies. Integrate these concepts in all local government and publicly owned facility design and renovation design processes and considerations.

HS3-4 Ensure that facilities that serve vulnerable populations (e.g., senior centers, libraries, hospitals and clinics) are resilient to climate hazards and have established best practices​ for responding to emergencies such as flooding, power outages, and extreme heat.

HS3-5 Plan and establish alternative or on-site power supply at key facilities within higher vulnerable areas with capacity to operate during grid failure. Explore use of re-deployable mobile solar arrays.​