A flexible framework for modeling customer damage functions for power outages
This paper develops a flexible method for estimating the customer cost of a power outage. We add to the current body of literature by outlining a framework which properly accounts for the effects of outage duration. We begin by separating costs into categories depending on whether the cost varies with outage duration and whether the cost is due to perishable inventory. We derive useful functional forms for each cost category and discuss how parameters vary by load type and outage characteristics. We derive outage cost estimates for an unexpected loss of power to both an example manufacturing plant and an example fire station. The framework described in this paper can easily be employed to model outage costs for a wide range of specific operating conditions.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1484342
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-6A50-71904
- Journal Information:
- Energy Systems, Journal Name: Energy Systems Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 1868-3967
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Sustainability in the Twenty-first Century
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journal | September 2015 |
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