Current Practices in Distribution Utility Resilience Planning for Wildfires
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
This report is part of a series of hazard-focused case studies examining common practices in electric utility resilience planning. We use standard terminology defining resilience as the ability to anticipate, withstand, absorb, and recover from hazards that cause long duration outages. We distinguish between reliability and resilience using IEEE 1366-2022, which defines major events as "an event that exceeds reasonable design and/or operational limits of the electric power system." Resilience planning is focused on major event days, and reliability planning is focused on non-major event days. Utility resilience plans are assessed according to common resilience components identified in existing resilience frameworks. The focus of this report is on wildfires. Standalone reports focusing on severe storms (including hurricanes and non-winter storms) and winter storms have been published in parallel with this report. This report can be used as a starting point for understanding potential investment prioritization processes and investment options. This report is intended to improve utility resilience planning by supporting constructive dialogue among utilities, regulators, and other stakeholders.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Grid Deployment Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 2478838
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--6A40-88589; MainId:89368; UUID:feadd205-9a63-4f83-aa48-2e0e89ccf7ee; MainAdminId:75361
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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