Saturday, October 29, marks ten years since Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, causing devastation across wide swaths of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It was a wake-up call for much of the region as more than 8 million customers lost power, including critical facilities and vulnerable populations. Multiple hospitals had to be evacuated when backup generators failed. Many households were left without power for weeks, with no access to essential services. Some residents in multistory affordable housing properties were left trapped in dark apartments. As power was slowly restored and communities began the long process of recovery, energy resilience became the topic of many conversations and the focus of several state-led initiatives.
