The US Department of Energy launched the Combined Heat and Power for Resiliency Accelerator on May 9, 2016. This collaborative effort with states, communities, utilities and other stakeholders is examining the perceptions of CHP among resiliency planners, identified gaps in current technologies or information relative to resilience needs and is developing plans for communities to capitalize on CHP’s strengths as a reliable, high efficiency, lower emissions electricity and heating source for critical infrastructure. This presentation reports on the results of the initial work and provides insight into how CHP will play in future resiliency plans throughout the nation.