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A Sequential Attacker-Defender Game for Distribution Systems Resilience Enhancement Against Extreme Weather Events

Journal Article · · International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
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  1. National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  3. University of Connecticut
Improving distribution system resilience against frequent extreme weather events is important for reliable power system operations. Especially when dealing with events such as hurricanes that have short-term predictions, proactive pre-event preparedness plays a vital role in system resilience performance. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to construct pre-event resource allocation plans for system operators to cope with upcoming threats through a sequential attacker-defender game framework. The sequential attacker-defender game is designed to model the interaction between the extreme weather and the system operator. In each round of the game, the attacker and the defender sequentially update their current strategies by accounting for the opponent's action set. The attacker model is formulated as a bi-level problem to identify the severe outage scenarios, and the defender model is formulated as a two-stage optimization problem to determine the allocation of restoration resources including mobile responsive resources and repair crews. Two scale-reduction strategies are proposed to ensure the scalability of the game scheme. Finally, case studies on the IEEE 33-bus and a 7149-node practical utility system validate the effectiveness of the proposed sequential game and the efficiency of the scale-reduction strategies.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
3011923
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5D00-91280
Journal Information:
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Journal Name: International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Vol. 172
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English