Assessing the Impact of Cybersecurity Attacks on Energy Systems

Vijayshankar, Sanjana; Chang, Chin-Yao; Utkarsh, Kumar; Wald, Dylan; Ding, Fei; Balamurugan, Sivasathya Pradha; King, Jennifer; Macwan, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121297

Assessing the Impact of Cybersecurity Attacks on Energy Systems

Journal Article · 02 June 2023 · Applied Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121297· OSTI ID:1986133

Vijayshankar, Sanjana; Chang, Chin-Yao; Utkarsh, Kumar; ; Ding, Fei; ; ; Macwan, Richard

This paper investigates the cyber resiliency of future power systems with high penetration of distributed energy resources using advanced distributed and (or) hierarchical control architectures. Specifically, we simulate cyberattacks on three prototypical use cases, and we identify attack scenarios that are the most damaging to the overall system performance. We show that these attacks can have a significant impact on grid operation. Results provide additional insights into the robustness of the system to the most common cyberattacks.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1986133

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5000-84819; MainId:85592; UUID:963fb847-1abe-4cd5-99cc-eb73d5417d3f; MainAdminID:69816

Journal Information:: Applied Energy, Vol. 345

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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