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Electric grid faults can cause catastrophic wildfires, particularly in regions with high winds and low humidity. In real-time operations, electric utilities are often left with few options for wildfire risk mitigation, leading to use of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-17 Noah Rhodes , Lewis Ntaimo , Line Roald

Wildfires and other extreme weather conditions due to climate change are stressing the aging electrical infrastructure. Power utilities have implemented public safety power shutoffs as a method to mitigate the risk of wildfire by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Muhammad Waseem , Arash F. Soofi , Saeed D. Manshadi

The increasing number of wildfires in recent years consistently challenges the safe and reliable operations of power systems. To prevent power lines and other electrical components from causing wildfires under extreme conditions, electric…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-26 Yuqi Zhou , Ahmed Zamzam , Andrey Bernstein

The frequency of wildfire disasters has surged five-fold in the past 50 years due to climate change. Preemptive de-energization is a potent strategy to mitigate wildfire risks but substantially impacts customers. We propose a multistage…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Hanbin Yang , Noah Rhodes , Haoxiang Yang , Line Roald , Lewis Ntaimo

The focus of this paper is on operating the electric power grid in a secure manner when wildfire risks are high. This is a challenging problem because of the uncertain ways in which the fires can impact the operation of the power system. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Satyaprajna Sahoo , Anamitra Pal

To mitigate acute wildfire ignition risks, utilities de-energize power lines in high-risk areas. The Optimal Power Shutoff (OPS) problem optimizes line energization statuses to manage wildfire ignition risks through de-energizations while…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Weimin Huang , Ryan Piansky , Bistra Dilkina , Daniel K. Molzahn

Utilities in California conduct Public Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPSs) to eliminate the elevated chances of wildfire ignitions caused by power lines during extreme weather conditions. We propose Wildfire Risk Aware operation planning Problem…

Applications · Statistics 2022-07-15 Reza Bayani , Muhammad Waseem , Saeed D. Manshadi , Hassan Davani

As climate change increases the risk of large-scale wildfires, wildfire ignitions from electric power lines are a growing concern. To mitigate the wildfire ignition risk, many electric utilities de-energize power lines to prevent electric…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-07 Sofia Taylor , Gabriela Setyawan , Bai Cui , Ahmed Zamzam , Line A. Roald

Faults on power lines and other electric equipment are known to cause wildfire ignitions. To mitigate the threat of wildfire ignitions from electric power infrastructure, many utilities preemptively de-energize power lines, which may result…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-10 Ryan Piansky , Sofia Taylor , Noah Rhodes , Daniel K. Molzahn , Line A. Roald , Jean-Paul Watson

Wildfires pose an increasing threat to the safety and reliability of power systems, particularly in distribution networks located in fire-prone regions. To mitigate ignition risk from electrical infrastructure, utilities often employ safety…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Xinyi Zhao , Prasanna Raut , Chaoyue Zhao , Alexandre Moreira

Electric grid faults are increasingly the source of ignition for major wildfires. To reduce the likelihood of such ignitions in high risk situations, utilities use pre-emptive deenergization of power lines, commonly referred to as Public…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-28 Noah Rhodes , Carleton Coffrin , Line Roald

Power grid infrastructure is an increasingly significant source of wildfire ignitions and poses severe risks to communities in fire-prone regions. Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) have emerged as a critical operational tool for utilities…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Prasanna Raut , Chaoyue Zhao , Alexandre Moreira

Wildfire risk poses a growing challenge for electric utilities, as powerline failures can ignite wildfires while large fires can disrupt grid operations. Utilities increasingly rely on operational interventions such as Public Safety Power…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Shuyi Chen , Shixiang Zhu , Ramteen Sioshansi

Grid-ignited wildfires are one of the most destructive catastrophic events, profoundly affecting the built and natural environments. Burying power lines is an effective solution for mitigating the risk of wildfire ignition. However, it is a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Saeed Nematshahi , Amin Khodaei , Ali Arabnya

Natural wildfire becomes increasingly frequent as climate change evolves, posing a growing threat to power systems, while grid failures simultaneously fuel the most destructive wildfires. Preemptive de-energization of grid equipment is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Hanbin Yang , Noah Rhodes , Haoxiang Yang , Line Roald , Lewis Ntaimo

Wildfires pose a significant threat to the safe and reliable operations of the electric grid. To mitigate wildfire risk, system operators resort to public safety power shutoffs, or PSPS, that shed load for a subset of customers. As wildfire…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-09 Yuqi Zhou , Kaarthik Sundar , Deepjyoti Deka , Hao Zhu

As wildfires in the United States are becoming more frequent and severe, mitigating wildfire ignition risk from power line faults is an increasingly crucial effort. Long-term ignition prevention strategies, especially converting overhead…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-29 Sofia Taylor , Line A. Roald

With the escalating frequency of extreme grid disturbances, such as natural disasters, comes an increasing need for efficient recovery plans. Algorithms for optimal power restoration play an important role in developing such plans, but also…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-09 Noah Rhodes , David Fobes , Carleton Coffrin , Line Roald

Electric power infrastructure faces increasing risk of damage and disruption due to wildfire. Operators of power grids in wildfire-prone regions must consider the potential impacts of unpredictable fires. However, traditional wildfire…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Matthew Brun , Xu Andy Sun , Jean-Paul Watson

The utilities consider public safety power shut-offs imperative for the mitigation of wildfire risk. This paper presents expansion planning of power system under fire hazard weather conditions. The power lines are quantified based on the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-11 Muhammad Waseem , Reza Bayani , Saeed D. Manshadi
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