THE OVERALL PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO INVESTIGATE PRE-DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND POST-DISASTER FAST RESTORATION FROM EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, AS IT RELATES TO PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) GENERATION ON A CITY-WIDE POWER GRID. THE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A MODULAR PV + BATTERY ENERGY SYSTEM AND TO VERIFY ITS UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE DURING HOT SWAPPING BY LAB EXPERIMENT.