CIDER: COMMUNITY INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESILIENCE. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MITIGATE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT OF EXTREME OUTAGES BY LEVERAGING DERS, AS ENABLED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE CIDER PLATFORM AND VIRTUAL BATTERY TECHNOLOGY. TO DEVELOP THE PLATFORM AND ITS GRID RECOVERY APPLICATIONS, THIS PROJECT WILL DEPLOY THE CIDER PLATFORM TO FIVE UTILITIES FACING DIVERSE RESILIENCE CHALLENGES AND QUANTIFY THE IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICE RESTORATION.