Infrastructure Resilience Retrospective Briefing — November 18, 2021
Pandemic-era essential worker rules, supply chain orders, and grid market reforms from 2020–2021 still drive Zeph Tech infrastructure engagements.
Infrastructure and resilience policy accelerated in 2020–2021, pushing Zeph Tech’s infrastructure pillar to harden supply chains, electrification projects, and grid telemetry. Federal agencies coupled investment mandates with technical operating requirements.
- 19 Mar 2020 — CISA essential critical infrastructure workforce guidance. The advisory defined pandemic-era essential functions, forcing utilities and logistics operators to codify continuity plans we still reuse.
- 17 Sep 2020 — FERC Order No. 2222. Distributed energy resources gained market access obligations, requiring data exchange, telemetry, and aggregation controls for grid projects.
- 24 Feb 2021 — Executive Order 14017 on America’s Supply Chains. The order mandated 100-day reviews for semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals, giving Zeph Tech clients a blueprint for supplier dependency mapping.
- 20 Apr 2021 — DOE 100-Day Plan to Protect America’s Energy Supply Chain. DOE and CISA pressed electric utilities to deploy network segmentation, monitoring, and incident response enhancements across industrial control systems.
- 15 Nov 2021 — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The law funded broadband, EV charging corridors, and grid resilience programmes that underpin Zeph Tech deployment schedules.
- 16 Dec 2021 — FERC Order No. 881. Transmission providers must implement ambient-adjusted ratings, locking in data collection and analytics investments for grid operators.
These milestones continue to guide Zeph Tech’s infrastructure backlog—from supply chain mapping workshops to the telemetry upgrades now expected in every grid modernisation proposal.