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• Finance Navigator – This web-based Dr. Gavin Dillingham is Director Marina Badoian-Kriticos is a Research
tool, developed by the U.S. Depart- for Clean Energy Policy at HARC Scientist at HARC where she also
ment of Energy, enables organiza- and serves as Director of the U.S. serves as Assistant Director of the U.S.
tions to learn about various finance Department of Energy’s Southcentral Department of Energy’s Upper-West
mechanisms and search by topic or and Upper West Combined Heat Combined Heat and Power Technical
answer questions to identify relevant and Power Technical Assistance Assistant Partnership.
finance options, research, and get Partnership. He can be reached at
connected to banks and lenders. gdillingham@harcresearch.org.
• DSIRE and IncentiFind –Compre-
hensive listings of federal, state,
local, and utility incentives and pol-
icies that support clean, resilient,
and efficient power investment.
• Texas Clean Energy Hub – A curat-
ed collection of online, interactive
tools and materials to help accel-
erate the adoption of clean, renew-
able, and resilient energy projects.
EMPLOYER
Next Steps BENEFIT SERVICES
Deployment of innovative funding
programs can help overcome market,
financial, and technical barriers
and bolster investment in resilient
and efficient power infrastructure.
Implementing these measures can
not only protect facilities (and people)
against natural disasters but also
help promote community resilience. PLAN PAYROLL BENEFIT
Making the business case for why ADMINISTRATON MANAGEMENT PACKAGE
these measures should be installed Assistance and research Get your employees MARKETING
can be enhanced by the co-benefits to keep you informed paid quickly so you Document
of on-site resilience such as carbon and in compliance with can get back to doing administration of
what your company
state and federal laws.
401(k) and 403(b)
reductions, improved air quality, does best. including employee
reduced business interruption, and enrollment assistance.
improved quality of life. Robust
government leadership and funding
along with the continued creation of
market-based financing mechanisms
are key to ensuring the progress and
implementation of power resilience
and efficiency solutions. N

Endnotes CLAIMS HUMAN BENEFITS
1. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/ MANAGEMENT RESOURCES EDUCATION AND
blogs/beyond-data/2020-us-billion-dollar- When a claim is CONSULTING CONSULTING

weather-and-climate-disasters-historical. made, we assist in the Develop policies and Cra a competitive
2. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/ process, from the first procedures, address employee benefits plan
events filing of the claim to its recruiting strategies, to recruit and retain
3. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/ resolution. develop job descriptions. valuable employees.
blogs/beyond-data/2020-us-billion-dollar-
weather-and-climate-disasters-historical .
4. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/
uploads/2018/01/kurt-forsgren.pdf PUTTING ALL THE HEALTHCARE
5. https://medialibrary.climatecentral.org/ BENEFIT PIECES TOGETHER
resources/power-outages
6. https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx OFFICE ONLINE
7. https://www.mckinsey.com/business- 713-647-9700 www.corebenefits.net
functions/sustainability/our-insights/
confronting-climate-risk#
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