Shedding light on the economic costs of long-duration power outages: A review of resilience assessment methods and strategies

M Macmillan, K Wilson, S Baik, JP Carvallo… - Energy Research & …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper provides a literature review of methods and modeling techniques to estimate the
cost of power system outages, along with the value of outage mitigation or system resilience …

Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA

V Do, H McBrien, NM Flores, AJ Northrop… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Power outages threaten public health. While outages will likely increase with climate
change, an aging electrical grid, and increased energy demand, little is known about their …

Resilience framework and metrics for energy master planning of communities

SC Shandiz, G Foliente, B Rismanchi, A Wachtel… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the nature, intensity, and frequency of climate-related extreme events
have imposed a higher risk of failure on energy systems, especially those at the community …

Sustainable urban transformations based on integrated microgrid designs

SS Ottenburger, R Cox, BH Chowdhury… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The impacts of natural hazards on infrastructure, enhanced by climate change, are
increasingly more severe emphasizing the necessity of resilient energy grids. Microgrids …

Examining Power System Resilience from the Perspective of Consumers: A Review

SK Abeygunawardane, V Aravinthan, X Wang… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a comprehensive review of power system resilience through the lens of
power consumers. As consumers play a pivotal role within the power system by being end …

Developing an equity-focused metric for quantifying the social burden of infrastructure disruptions

SS Clark, SKE Peterson, MA Shelly… - Sustainable and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Communities in the United States are increasingly dependent upon aging
infrastructure systems and challenged by more frequent and intense extreme weather …

Seeking energy equity through energy storage

W McNamara, H Passell, M Montes, R Jeffers… - The Electricity Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous states have adopted legislation and policy measures aimed at achieving greater
equity across essential energy services on which underserved communities rely to meet …

Techno-economic analysis: Best practices and assessment tools

PH Kobos, TE Drennen, AV Outkin, EK Webb, SM Paap… - 2020 - osti.gov
A team at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) recognized the growing need to maintain and
organize the internal community of Techno-Economic Assessment analysts at the lab. To …

Valuing Resilience Benefits of Microgrids for an Interconnected Island Distribution System

AB Nassif, S Ericson, C Abbey, R Jeffers, E Hotchkiss… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Extreme climate-driven events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires are becoming more
intense in areas exposed to these threats, requiring approaches to improve the resilience of …

Reducing microgrid availability to reduce costs for coastal Puerto Rican communities

DL Villa, JE Quiroz - Science and Technology for the Built …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Renewable microgrids are sustainable, resilient solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate
change. Making electric loads nearly 100% available (ie, power remains on) during outages …