Housing
To Storm-Proof Hoboken, a Microgrid
After devastating flooding in 2012, the New Jersey city is racing to develop its own backup power supply.
With 80 percent of her city underwater and the power out, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer climbed the stairs to a senior apartment facility and found a woman, alone and in tears. She’d been trapped in her home, unable to leave the building without elevator service, and she needed her medication.
“They left us in the dark,” she said.