Publications: Electricity Reliability

2019

International, Open Access Tec. Assessment of Historical Transmission Congestion in the Eastern Interconnection for 2015 (v2.0). 2019.

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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. 2019.

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Workshop Proceedings PDF (9.41 MB)

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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Guidebook PDF (4.37 MB)

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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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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Report PDF (911.32 KB)

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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Report PDF (2.07 MB)

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. 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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Analysis of the US Power Quality Equipment Market. 2015. LBNL-1003990.

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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. LBNL-188741.

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International, Open Access Tec. DOE Assessment of Historical Transmission Schedules and Flows in the Eastern Interconnection, v1.0. 2015.

Sullivan, Michael J, Josh A Schellenberg, and Marshall Blundell. Updated Value of Service Reliability Estimates for Electric Utility Customers in the United States. 2015. LBNL-6941E.

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2012

Eto, Joseph H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Peter H Larsen, Annika Todd, and Emily Fisher. An Examination of Temporal Trends in Electricity Reliability Based on Reports from U.S. Electric Utilities. 2012. LBNL-5268E.

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Fisher, Emily, Joseph H Eto, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare. "Understanding Bulk Power Reliability: The Importance of Good Data and A Critical Review of Existing Sources." IEEE 45th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS). Maui, HI: LBNL, 2012. LBNL-5125E.

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2010

Sullivan, Michael J, Matthew G Mercurio, Josh A Schellenberg, and Joseph H Eto. "How to Estimate the Value of Service Reliability Improvements." IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. Minneapolis, MN: IEEE, 2010. 5. LBNL-3592E.

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