National Reliability Trends

Electric power system reliability affects the economic health of the U.S. economy and the well-being of its citizens. EMP conducts authoritative analyses of reliability performance trends and their economic significance. This research evaluates the U.S electricity system’s reliability and assesses the economic impacts of power interruptions to the U.S. economy and electricity consumers. Peer-reviewed, scientific studies seek to quantify and explain reliability trends and to measure the economic impacts of reliability from the perspective of the costs that power interruptions impose on businesses and residences.

Larsen, Peter H, Megan Lawson, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, and Joseph H Eto."Severe weather, utility spending, and the long-term reliability of the U.S. power system."Energy 198 (2020). DOI

Larsen, Peter H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Joseph H Eto, and James L Sweeney."Recent trends in power system reliability and implications for evaluating future investments in resiliency."Energy 117 (2016) 29 - 46. DOI

Larsen, Peter H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Joseph H Eto, and James L Sweeney."Assessing Changes in the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power System." (2015).

Larsen, Peter H, James L Sweeney, Joseph H Eto, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare."Exploring the Reliability of U.S. Electric Utilities."37th IAEE International Conference (2014).

Eto, Joseph H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Peter H Larsen, Annika Todd-Blick, and Emily Fisher."An Examination of Temporal Trends in Electricity Reliability Based on Reports from U.S. Electric Utilities." (2012).