Power and Electricity Systems
Supporting a stronger, more reliable power system that can better withstand disruptions, detect damage and restore service quickly.
Regional Resilience
As one of the nation’s largest metropolitan economies and a global center for energy, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and trade, our region must prepare for, withstand, and recover from disruptions to maintain long-term economic competitiveness.
Regional Resilience
Establishing Houston as the Most Resilient Coastal Region
The future of greater Houston relies on the strength of its critical systems that keep our region moving: power, communications, transportation, healthcare, flood control, water, and emergency response. As one of the nation’s largest metropolitan economies and a global center for energy, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and trade, our region must prepare for, withstand, and recover from disruptions to maintain long-term economic competitiveness.
Through Houston Next: Advancing Opportunity, the Greater Houston Partnership has made regional resilience one of its core strategic imperatives. This work brings together business leaders, infrastructure owners, emergency management agencies, and public officials to strengthen the systems that drive our economy and support quality of life across the region. These stakeholders collaborate to position greater Houston as the world’s most resilient coastal region by enhancing preparedness, investing in resilient infrastructure, and reinforcing the systems that support businesses and communities.
Vision
Resilience as an Economic Advantage
A resilient region attracts investment, supports business continuity, protects communities, and enables faster recovery after major events. For employers and investors, resilience affects site selection, workforce stability, supply chains, operational continuity, and long-term confidence in the region. By strengthening critical infrastructure and enhancing regional coordination, greater Houston can remain a leading place to live, work, and do business.
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secured for backup power at City of Houston critical facilities
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advocated for in federal disaster recovery funding
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critical infrastructure systems prioritized across greater Houston
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strategic pillars: Convene, Advocate, Communicate
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Public and private sector leaders engaged
Convene. Advocate. Communicate.
HOW WE LEAD
Convene
We convene leaders from the public and private sectors to identify shared challenges, strengthen relationships, and coordinate action across critical infrastructure systems.
This includes bringing together the leaders who own, operate and rely on Greater Houston’s critical systems to better understand interdependencies, identify gaps and advance coordinated solutions.
Advocate
We advocate for policies, investments, and regulatory improvements that strengthen regional resilience and accelerate infrastructure improvements.
This includes supporting funding for major projects, identifying regulatory barriers, and advancing policy solutions that improve system performance, reliability and recovery
Communicate
We communicate greater Houston’s resilience efforts, provide practical resources for businesses, and share regional progress to build awareness among employers, investors, and communities.
This work helps tell Houston’s resilience story, strengthen external perceptions and demonstrate the region’s commitment to long-term competitiveness.
Regional Impact
The Partnership strengthens greater Houston's resilience by aligning business, government, and infrastructure leaders around shared priorities, policy solutions, and coordinated action.
Funding & Advocacy Wins
Coordination & Preparedness
Business Continuity & Regional Problem-Solving
- Securing more than $150 million for backup power at critical public facilities
- Advocating for more than $300 million in federal disaster recovery funding following Hurricane Beryl
- Supporting funding for the Coastal Texas Project
- Advocating for policies and investments that strengthen critical infrastructure systems
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- Connecting business leaders with emergency management during major incidents
- Coordinating with state and local agencies to integrate business leaders into emergency and crisis coordination calls
- Advancing coordination among utilities, telecommunications providers and critical infrastructure operators
- Improving understanding of regional power restoration processes, resource allocation, critical load identification and system interdependencies
- Supporting stronger connections between telecommunications providers and critical infrastructure operators
- Ensuring key stakeholders are included in task forces to address identified gaps and enhance emergency preparedness
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- Facilitating connections between senior business leaders to help resolve acute incidents
- Addressing challenges faced by major employers and logistics operators during severe weather events
- Sharing best practices and operational insights among critical system owners
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Focus Areas
Greater Houston’s resilience depends on the strength and reliability of the systems that keep people safe, businesses operating and the economy moving. The Partnership focuses its regional resilience work on seven critical systems:
Communications Networks
Advancing reliable and redundant communications systems that support business continuity, public safety and emergency response.
Transportation Networks
Ensuring people, goods, emergency services and critical supplies can move safely before, during and after major events.
Healthcare
Supporting the resilience of hospitals, health systems, long-term care facilities and other care providers that communities rely on.
Emergency Response
Strengthening coordination among public and private sectors to protect lives and accelerate recovery.
Flood Control
Reducing risk from extreme rainfall, flooding and coastal storm impacts through projects and policies that protect people, property and economic activity.
Water, Wastewater and Essential Services
Supporting the systems that provide clean water, sanitation and other essential services communities and businesses rely on every day.
Resources
Practical tools to help organizations strengthen preparedness, continuity and resilience.
Publications and Insights
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