Resilience of electric utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the framework of the CIGRE definition of Power System Resilience

Skarvelis-Kazakos, Spyros; Van Harte, Malcolm; Panteli, Mathaios; Ciapessoni, Emanuele; Cirio, Diego; Pitto, Andrea; Moreno, Rodrigo; Kumar, Chandan; Mak, Chris; Dobson, Ian; Challen, Christopher; Papic, Milorad; Rieger, Craig

doi:10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107703

Resilience of electric utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the framework of the CIGRE definition of Power System Resilience

Journal Article · Wed Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107703· OSTI ID:1903612

Skarvelis-Kazakos, Spyros ^[1]; Van Harte, Malcolm ^[2]; Panteli, Mathaios ^[3]; Ciapessoni, Emanuele ^[4]; Cirio, Diego ^[4]; Pitto, Andrea ^[4]; Moreno, Rodrigo ^[5]; Kumar, Chandan ^[6]; Mak, Chris ^[7]; Dobson, Ian ^[8]; Challen, Christopher ^[1]; Papic, Milorad ^[9]; Rieger, Craig ^[10]

Univ. of Sussex, Brighton (United Kingdom)
Eskom Distribution (South Africa)
University of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A., Milan (Italy)
University of Chile, Santiago (Chile); Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI) (Chile); Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Power System Operation Corporation Ltd. (India)
Maxlin Inc. (Canada)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Independent Consultant, Boise, ID (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Resilience is a vital concept in engineering, business, and natural sciences, and is a measure of the ability of an entity to withstand High Impact Low Probability (HILP) events. During the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in late 2019/early 2020, power system utilities around the globe have responded in effective and efficient ways to enhance the resilience of their organisations, both in terms of real-time operations and prudent management of its infrastructure, in order to continue their mandate in providing reliable supply to meet customer demands. Here, this paper presents the CIGRE definition for power system resilience, established by the C4.47 Working Group in 2018, and demonstrates the application of resilience-oriented thinking within the electrical sector. The response and recovery efforts are described, with respect to the key actionable measures integral to the power system resilience definition, taken before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. A practical conceptual framework is also presented for thinking about resilience in terms of three key components of resilience strategies: organisational, infrastructure and operational resilience. The paper also discusses the different strategies adopted in response to COVID-19, based on the C4.47 members’ experiences during the pandemic. Finally, a case study is presented, which proves the effectiveness of a set of response measures, using graph theory and the characteristics of the staff-asset interactions.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID); Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1903612

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-21-63244-Rev000

Journal Information:: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Journal Name: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Vol. 136; ISSN 0142-0615

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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