Disclosed are systems and methods for utilizing a unique elastic command and control architecture to incorporate certain resiliency qualities in power grid management and outage mitigation. A decision system for an electrical grid, comprising: a distribution node network arranged to transmit power throughout the electrical grid, including a set of candidate nodes within the distribution node network; a command node in communication with the distribution node network; and wherein the command node and the candidate nodes are configured to receive and store state data from one or more electrical grid devices and tune a decision engine based on the state data; wherein, in a non-exigency circumstance, the decision system is configured to distribute commands from the command node through preset hierarchical communication pathways to the node network; and wherein, in an exigency circumstance, the decision system is configured to: (i) identify localities of distribution nodes; (ii) elect a partner node from the candidate nodes in each locality; (iii) in each partner node, evaluate state data received from its respective locality using the decision engine; and (iv) distribute commands from each partner node to the distribution nodes within its respective locality.
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