Publications: Electricity Reliability & Resilience

2022

McDermott, Thomas E, Killian McKenna, Miguel Heleno, Bilal Ahmad Bhatti, Michael Emmanuel, and Sydney Forrester. Distribution System Research Roadmap. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2022.

2021

Frick, Natalie Mims, Juan Pablo Carvallo, and Lisa C Schwartz. "Quantifying grid reliability and resilience impacts of energy efficiency: Examples and opportunities." 2021.

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Baik, Sunhee, Nichole L Hanus, Alan H Sanstad, Joseph H Eto, and Peter H Larsen. A Hybrid Approach to Estimating the Economic Value of Enhanced Power System Resilience. 2021.

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2020

Sanstad, Alan H, Qianru Zhu, Benjamin Leibowicz, Peter H Larsen, and Joseph H Eto. Case Studies of the Economic Impacts of Power Interruptions and Damage to Electricity System Infrastructure from Extreme Events. 2020.

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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).

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2019

Eto, Joseph H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Heidemarie C Caswell, and David Till. "Distribution system versus bulk power system: identifying the source of electric service interruptions in the US." IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 13.5 (2019) 717-723.

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Dunn, Laurel N, Michael D Sohn, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, and Joseph H Eto. "Exploratory analysis of high-resolution power interruption data reveals spatial and temporal heterogeneity in electric grid reliability." Energy Policy 129 (2019) 206 - 214.

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Larsen, Peter H, Alan H Sanstad, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, and Joseph H Eto. "Frontiers in the Economics of Widespread, Long-Duration Power Interruptions: Proceedings from an Expert Workshop." Frontiers in the Economics of Widespread, Long-Duration Power Interruptions 2019.

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2018

LaCommare, Kristina Hamachi, Joseph H Eto, and Heidemarie C Caswell. "Distinguishing Among the Sources of Electric Service Interruptions." 2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS). Boise, ID, USA: IEEE, 2018.

Sullivan, Michael J, Myles T Collins, Josh A Schellenberg, and Peter H Larsen. Estimating Power System Interruption Costs: A Guidebook for Electric Utilities. 2018. LBNL-2001164.

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LaCommare, Kristina Hamachi, Joseph H Eto, Laurel N Dunn, and Michael D Sohn. "Improving the Estimated Cost of Sustained Power Interruptions to Electricity Customers." Energy 153.15 June 2018 (2018) 1038-1047.

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Schellenberg, Josh A, and Peter H Larsen. "Changes to the Underlying Econometric Models for the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator." 2018.

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2017

LaCommare, Kristina Hamachi, Peter H Larsen, and Joseph H Eto. Evaluating Proposed Investments in Power System Reliability and Resilience: Preliminary Results from Interviews with Public Utility Commission Staff. 2017. LBNL- 1006971.

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Larsen, Peter H, Brent Boehlert, Joseph H Eto, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Jeremy Martinich, and Lisa Rennels. Projecting Future Costs to U.S. Electric Utility Customers from Power Interruptions. 2017. LBNL- 1007027.

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2016

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.

Mills, Evan, and Richard B Jones. "An Insurance Perspective on U.S. Electric Grid Disruption Costs." The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice 41.4 (2016) 555 - 586. LBNL-1006392.

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Larsen, Peter H. "A Method to Estimate the Costs and Benefits of Undergrounding Electricity Transmission and Distribution lines." Energy Economics 60.November 2016 (2016) 47-61. LBNL-1006394.

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Eto, Joseph H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Michael D Sohn, and Heidemarie C Caswell. "Evaluating the Performance of the IEEE Standard 1366 Method for Identifying Major Event Days View Document." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 32.2 (2016). LBNL-1006405.

Schellenberg, Josh A, Barney Speckman, and Joseph H Eto. "Integrating customer interruption costs into outage management systems." IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference. IEEE, 2016. LBNL-1006116.

Phillips, Julia A, Kelly E Wallace, Terence Y Kudo, and Joseph H Eto. Onsite and Electric Power Backup Capabilities at Critical Infrastructure Facilities in the United States. Argonne National Laboratory, 2016.

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Allen, Riley, Donna Brutkoski, David Farnsworth, and Peter H Larsen. Sustainable Energy Solutions for Rural Alaska. 2016. LBNL-1005097.

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Sanstad, Alan H. Regional Economic Modeling of Electricity Supply Disruptions: A Review and Recommendations for Research. 2016. LBNL-1004426.

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2015

"ICE Calculator Case Study: EPB Chattanooga Distribution Automation.". 2015.

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"ICE Calculator Case Study: CMP Distribution Automation.". 2015.

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Schellenberg, Josh A. "Using Customer Reliability Benefits to Support Business Cases for Smart Grid Investments." 2015.

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