Wildfire Mitigation Plans in Power Systems: A Literature Review

Vazquez, Daniel Zuniga; Qiu, Feng; Fan, Neng; Sharp, Kevin

doi:10.1109/tpwrs.2022.3142086

Title: Wildfire Mitigation Plans in Power Systems: A Literature Review

Journal Article · Tue Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2022.3142086· OSTI ID:1902162

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University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Energy System Division
Southern California Edison, Westminster, CA (United States)

Some of the deadliest wildfires in the U.S., such as California’s 2018 wildfires, have been ignited by power systems. In an effort to prevent and minimize the ignition of wildfires, or control them if ignited, energy companies have developed wildfire mitigation plans. This paper provides energy companies and power system operators, engineers, researchers, and suppliers an overview of the state-of-the-art studies that address key topics in these wildfire mitigation plans and compares the wildfire mitigation plans of several energy companies. The key topics include grid design and system hardening, asset management and inspection, situational awareness and forecasting, operational response, vegetation management, public safety power shutoff, and risk-spend efficiency. Here this paper also presents a comparison of several energy companies’ decision-making criteria for initiating a public safety power shutoff. Finally, we discuss opportunities for future research studies that could help energy companies prevent wildfire ignitions.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; OE0000875

OSTI ID:: 1902162

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 37, Issue 5; ISSN 0885-8950

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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