1st Edition
Securing the Current: How Systems, Societies and Institutions Shape the Reliability of the Electric Grid Exploring the External Forces Surrounding the Grid, From Governance and Affordability to Social Cohesion and Global Stability.
1. Beyond Access: Reliability in a Global Context
2. Disaster Exposure, Affordability, and Institutional Design
3. Fragility, Geopolitical and Security Risks, and Infrastructure Interdependencies
4. Conclusions on the Living System
Biography
Sofia Weir is an energy-sector analyst and reliability professional whose work explores the intersection of infrastructure resilience, policy design, and societal stability. She holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical and Energy Engineering and an M.Sc. in Energy Policy and Climate from Johns Hopkins University, and is certified as an Engineer-in-Training (E.I.T.). Weir is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), participating in the Power & Energy Society, Reliability Society, and Systems Council. Her professional and research interests center on how economic, social, and environmental dynamics influence the reliability of electric systems—a theme first explored in her graduate research on Venezuela’s grid collapse.
