THIS PROPOSAL LEVERAGES FINDINGS FROM A 2016 JOINT BATTELLE AND NASA ENERGY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER IDEATION WORKSHOP AS WELL AS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY S PARTNERSHIP FOR ENERGY SECTOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND ELECTRIC UTILITY DATA END USERS AS WELL AS BUILD CAPACITY FOR DOMESTIC ELECTRIC UTILITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ACCESS AND APPLY EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) INFORMATION IN RESILIENCE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM PLANNING. THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY BATTELLE TEAM IS ESPECIALLY QUALIFIED TO MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT THIS WORK IN A COST EFFECTIVE AND TECHNICALLY INNOVATIVE WAY. ENERGY SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ELECTRICITY SERVING SOCIETY FROM COOKING AND LIGHTING TO COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE SUCH AS EXTREME WEATHER OR SEA LEVEL RISE THREATEN ENERGY RELIABILITY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. HOWEVER VULNERABILITIES AND NEEDS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR VARY WIDELY BY COMPONENT REGION AND GEOGRAPHY. A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING RESILIENCE PLANNING AND UPTAKE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY MUST INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT WITH UTILITY PROVIDERS WHO CAN BUILD SUCH ACTIONS INTO ROUTINE PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. FINDINGS FROM THE 2016 ENERGY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP SUGGEST THAT THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCHERS AND UTILITY END USERS MUST BE STRENGTHENED FOR NEW PRODUCTS TOOLS AND DATA PACKAGES TO MEET UTILITY USER NEEDS. THE BATTELLE TEAM WILL ENGAGE THE EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY UTILITY END USERS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OR RESEARCH STAKEHOLDERS IN STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF UTILITY END USERS TO ACCESS AND USE EO DATA. THE PROPOSED APPROACH UTILIZES A CAPACITY BUILDING FRAMEWORK TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH NEEDS ASSESSMENT UTILIZING THE UTILITY PARTNERSHIP AS A KEY ENTRY POINT TO ENGAGING WITH THE END USER COMMUNITY. AN ADVISORY GROUP OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND FEDERAL AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES WILL ALSO BE FORMED TO MAXIMIZE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WILL SEEK TO QUANTIFY TECHNICAL CAPACITY AND GAPS CURRENT EO DATA USAGE AND ASPIRATIONAL GOALS ON POSSIBLE NEAR-TERM APPLICATION AREAS FOR EO UPTAKE. BASED ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FINDINGS A SERIES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WILL BE DEVELOPED. PRELIMINARY TRAINING TOPICS MAY INCLUDE SATELLITE DATA TYPES AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS FOR UTILITY APPLICATIONS; DATA PROCESSING FORMATTING AND VISUALIZATION FOR UTILITY APPLICATIONS; OR INCORPORATING EO DATA AND TOOLS INTO RESILIENCE PLANNING OR RENEWABLE ENERGY UPTAKE (ASSESSMENT MONITORING ETC.) FOR UTILITY APPLICATIONS. CASE STUDIES ON CURRENT AND ASPIRATIONAL EO APPLICATIONS OR EXISTING TOOLS AND PRODUCTS WILL BE DEVELOPED USING INFOGRAPHICS AND/ OR ESRI STORY MAPS AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH TARGETED LISTSERVS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. A PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY TOPIC MAY INCLUDE USING NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI) FROM VIIRS AND MODIS PRECIPITATION DATA FROM GPM AND SOIL MOISTURE DATA FROM SMAP DATA TO UNDERSTAND FLOOD RISK. THE BATTELLE TEAM WILL ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY VIA PARTICIPATION IN TECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY DATA NEEDS VIA PUBLICATION IN KEY SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR JOURNALS. GREATER INFORMATION SHARING NETWORKS ARE AN IMPORTANT STEP IN PROVIDING AND STRENGTHENING LINKAGES BETWEEN DATA PROVIDERS AND DATA USERS. THE PROPOSED WORK MEETS THE GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS (GEO) STATED NEED TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY ACCESS AND USE OF EOS TO INFORM DECISIONS AND BENEFIT SOCIETY. THE ATTENTION PAID TO SUSTAINED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ONGOING EVALUATION AND INFORMATION SHARING WITH BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND END-USER COMMUNITIES ALSO SUPPORTS GEO VISION FOR ENERGY (GEOVENER) BY CONTRIBUTING TO A PROCESS THAT IS BETTER-INFORMED TO SUPPORT END-TO-END PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND RESULTS IN ACTIONABLE MEASURES TO ADDRESS CRITICAL GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ENERGY SERVICES.