Power grid resilience under climate change
* 21PESGM2272, The aftermath of hurricane Harvey, lessons learned by CenterPoint Energy: M. PAKELTIS, CenterPoint Energy * 21PESGM2273, Analysis of transmission system restoration after extreme weather events: S. EKISHEVA, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, R. RIEDER, NERC, J. NORRIS, NERC * 21PESGM2274, Calculating resilience metrics from utility data: I. DOBSON, Iowa State University * 21PESGM2275, Severe weather, utility spending, and the long-term reliability of the U.S. Power System: J. ETO, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * 21PESGM2276, Tactics for electric system resilience in the face of growing wildfire risk: H. CASWELL, PacifiCorp * 21PESGM2277, How to measure power system resilience: state of the art and perspectives: E. CIAPESSONI, RSE (Italy)
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26 Jul 2021
The frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events (e.g., hurricanes, wildfires, and floods) has been significantly increasing. These events have severely impacted power systems ranging from long outage times to economic losses to major equipment (e.g., substations, transmission lines, and power plants) destructions. This calls for assessing the impact of extreme weather events on Bulk Electric System, utilities and distribution systems to improve grid resilience against such events. This panel addresses the impacts of climate change on power grid resilience. In particular, it will discuss and review utility experiences in managing power outages and lessons learned from past events, adapted methods for service restoration to improve grid resilience, and applied metrics for resilience assessment. Experts from utilities, regulatory, industry, and academia will discuss the progresses and recent advancements in assessing grid resilience, utility preparedness for future potential extreme climate events, and the use of utility data in developing resilience metrics.
Chairs:
Svetlana Ekisheva, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Mohammed Ben-Idris, University of Nevada, Reno
Sponsor Committees:
(AMPS) Reliability and Risk Analysis