Wildfire mitigation plans in power systems: A literature review

DAZ Vazquez, F Qiu, N Fan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Some of the deadliest wildfires in the US, such as California's 2018 wildfires, have been
ignited by power systems. In an effort to prevent and minimize the ignition of wildfires, or …

Overcoming the disconnect between energy system and climate modeling

MT Craig, J Wohland, LP Stoop, A Kies, B Pickering… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Energy system models underpin decisions by energy system planners and operators.
Energy system modeling faces a transformation: accounting for changing meteorological …

Resilient expansion planning of electricity grid under prolonged wildfire risk

R Bayani, SD Manshadi - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Public safety power shut-off (PSPS) during potentially dangerous weather conditions is an
emergency measure within areas prone to wildfires. While balancing the risk of wildfire …

Local and utility-wide cost allocations for a more equitable wildfire-resilient distribution grid

Z Wang, M Wara, A Majumdar, R Rajagopal - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Climate-induced extreme weather conditions make electricity infrastructure more vulnerable.
They increase the risk of power-line-ignited wildfires which can, in turn, jeopardize electric …

Enhancing power system operational resilience against wildfires

M Abdelmalak, M Benidris - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Catastrophic impacts of wildfires on the performance of power grids have increased in the
recent years. Though various methods have been applied to enhance power grid resilience …

Powering through wildfires: An integrated solution for enhanced safety and resilience in power grids

M Nazemi, P Dehghanian - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Safeguarding the nation's electrical infrastructure and personnel against natural and man-
made disasters, and ensuring a continuous, reliable, and resilient supply of energy are …

Resilient operation of distribution grids using deep reinforcement learning

MM Hosseini, M Parvania - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article utilizes deep reinforcement learning to develop an intelligent resilience controller
(IRC) that devises fast real-time operation decisions to strategically dispatch distributed …

A review of public safety power shutoffs (psps) for wildfire mitigation: Policies, practices, models and data sources

C Huang, Q Hu, L Sang, DD Lucas… - … on Energy Markets …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), also known as proactive de-energizations, proactively
de-energize a portion of power systems to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires caused …

Optimizing transmission infrastructure investments to support line de-energization for mitigating wildfire ignition risk

A Kody, R Piansky, DK Molzahn - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.10176, 2022 - arxiv.org
Wildfires pose a growing risk to public safety in regions like the western United States, and,
historically, electric power systems have ignited some of the most destructive wildfires. To …

Proactive generation redispatch to enhance power system resilience during hurricanes considering unavailability of renewable energy sources

M Abdelmalak, M Benidris - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a proactive generation redispatch strategy to enhance operational
resilience of power grids during hurricanes considering unavailability and forced outages of …