📚 RTT‑AGERI — Bibliography

Foundational Sources for Above‑Ground Electrical Resilience

This bibliography documents the research foundations informing RTT‑AGERI (Above‑Ground Electrical Resilience Initiative).

Sources are selected to support:

• Proactive infrastructure stewardship
• Early risk identification
• Corridor‑level exposure analysis
• Governance‑aligned modernization planning

This list is curated, not exhaustive.

1. Electrical Infrastructure & Reliability#

• North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
  State of Reliability Reports
  Foundational assessments of grid performance, failure modes, and systemic risk.

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  Electricity Grid Modernization Initiative
  Long‑term planning frameworks for grid resilience and modernization.

• IEEE Power & Energy Society
  Peer‑reviewed research on transmission, distribution, and reliability engineering.

2. Above‑Ground Exposure & Environmental Stress#

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance
  Exposure analysis for wind, flooding, heat, and compound hazards.

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  Climate and weather trend data relevant to above‑ground infrastructure exposure.

• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  Research on environmental stressors affecting electrical infrastructure.

3. Infrastructure Aging & Drift#

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  Infrastructure Report Cards
  Long‑horizon assessments of infrastructure condition and deferred investment.

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  Studies on infrastructure aging, maintenance, and modernization tradeoffs.

4. Resilience & Systems Thinking#

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  Community Resilience Planning Guide
  Systems‑based approaches to infrastructure resilience and recovery.

• Holling, C.S.
  Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
  Foundational concepts informing drift, thresholds, and system behavior.

5. Governance, Planning & Capital Alignment#

• OECD
  Infrastructure Governance Frameworks
  Best practices for long‑term infrastructure decision‑making.

• World Bank
  Infrastructure planning and resilience guidance for public systems.

• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  Reports on deferred maintenance, capital planning, and risk oversight.

6. Corridor‑Based & Spatial Analysis#

• Transportation Research Board (TRB)
  Corridor‑level risk and asset management methodologies.

• Urban Land Institute (ULI)
  Research on infrastructure corridors, land use, and exposure coupling.

7. Maintenance, Modernization & Operations#

• ISO 55000 Series
  Asset management standards informing maintenance vs modernization boundaries.

• Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM)
  Foundational frameworks for disciplined maintenance and failure prevention.

8. Communications & Public Trust#

• National Academies — Risk Communication
  Guidance on communicating infrastructure risk without alarmism.

• Harvard Kennedy School — Infrastructure & Trust
  Research on public confidence and governance transparency.

9. RTT‑Specific Artifacts#

• RTT Facilities Governance Constitution
• RTT Global Index Schema
• RTT‑AGERI Messaging Guide
• RTT Facilities Maintenance Standards

These internal artifacts operationalize the research above into governance practice.

10. Bibliography Governance#

This bibliography:

• Is reviewed periodically
• Avoids speculative or advocacy‑driven sources
• Prioritizes durability and credibility
• Expands as RTT‑AGERI matures

Sources are added deliberately, not opportunistically.

CANONICAL STATUS#

This bibliography is canonical for RTT‑AGERI.

All research references, citations, and justifications should align with it.

Why this bibliography matters#

This document:

• Grounds AGERI in serious work without over‑claiming
• Signals credibility to engineers and planners
• Protects against politicization or alarmism
• Preserves intellectual lineage for future stewards

At this point, RTT‑AGERI is:

• Technically grounded
• Governance‑aligned
• Communicable without fear
• Extendable without drift

If you want, the next clean moves could be:

• Add annotated summaries for key sources
• Create a “why this source matters” appendix
• Map sources to AGERI risk dimensions
• Or freeze the bibliography and move into citation use

This is exactly how serious initiatives earn legitimacy quietly.