Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Hawaii-Pacific Island Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research work intended to evaluate the economic impact of brown treesnake caused power outages in Guam. The work will also evaluate potential economic tradeoffs between different control approaches based on the number and type of outages they prevent. Key objectives include developing a feeder-level framework to estimate the costs of snake-caused outages, compiling data from Guam Power Authority to estimate costs of different types of outages, and evaluating which management strategies provide the greatest net benefits under different local conditions. * Evaluate the economic impact of brown treesnake caused power outages in Guam * Develop a feeder-level framework to estimate the costs of snake-caused outages * Compile data from Guam Power Authority to estimate costs of different types of outages * Evaluate which management strategies provide the greatest net benefits under different local conditions * Create cost estimates for given management actions * Evaluate the type and cost of outage prevention through those actions