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Wildfires can severely damage electricity grids leading to long periods of power interruption. Climate change will exacerbate this threat by increasing the frequency of dry climate conditions. Under these climate conditions, human-related…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Alexandre Moreira , Felipe Pianco , Bruno Fanzeres , Alexandre Street , Ruiwei Jiang , Chaoyue Zhao , Miguel Heleno

Large-scale power outages caused by extreme weather events are one of the major factors weakening grid resilience. In order to prevent the critical infrastructure from cascading failure, power lines are often proactively de-energized under…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-20 Sifat Chowdhury , Yu Zhang

The interaction between power systems and wildfires can be dangerous and costly. Damaged structures, load shedding, and high operational costs are potential consequences when the grid is unprepared. In fact, the operation of distribution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-10 Felipe Piancó , Alexandre Moreira , Bruno Fanzeres , Ruiwei Jiang , Chaoyue Zhao , Miguel Heleno

The growing prevalence of extreme weather events driven by climate change poses significant challenges to power system resilience. Infrastructure damage and prolonged power outages highlight the urgent need for effective grid-hardening…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Sifat Chowdhury , Yihsu Chen , Yu Zhang

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 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

In power systems, the risk of wildfire ignition has increased significantly in recent years. The impact and severity of these events on energy dispatch, as well as their societal ramifications, make wildfire prevention critical for power…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Tomás Tapia , Ryan Piansky , Yury Dvorkin , Jean-Paul Watson

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

Power grid operation subject to an extreme event requires decision-making by human operators under stressful condition with high cognitive load. Decision support under adverse dynamic events, specially if forecasted, can be supplemented by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-14 Salah U. Kadir , Subir Majumder , Ajay D. Chhokra , Abhishek Dubey , Himanshu Neema , Aron Laszka , Anurag K. Srivastava

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events has posed significant risks to the operation of power grids. During long-duration extreme weather events, microgrid formation (MF) is an essential solution to enhance the resilience of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-03 Ziang Liu , Sheng Cai , Qiuwei Wu , Xinwei Shen , Xuan Zhang , Nikos Hatziargyriou

Distribution networks are increasingly exposed to threats such as extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and cyber risks--resulting in more frequent contingencies and outages, a trend likely to persist. Microgrids, particularly dynamic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Hannah Moring , Bala Kameshwar Poolla , Harsha Nagarajan , Johanna L. Mathieu , Andrey Bernstein , David M. Fobes

Increasing penetration of wind and renewable generation poses significant challenges to the power system operations and reliability. This paper considers the real-time optimal transmission switching (OTS) problem for determining the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-05 Yuqi Zhou , Hao Zhu , Grani A. Hanasusanto

The increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires poses severe threats to the secure and stable operation of power grids, particularly one that is interspersed with renewable generation. Unlike conventional contingencies, wildfires affect…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Satyaprajna Sahoo , Anamitra Pal

Wildfires ignited by the power lines have become increasingly common over the past decade. Enhancing the operational and financial resilience of power grids against wildfires involves a multifaceted approach. Key proactive measures include…

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

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

Transmission lines, crucial to the power grid, are subjected to diverse environmental conditions such as wind, temperature, humidity, and pollution. While these conditions represent a consistent impact on the transmission lines, certain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Prakash KC , Maryam Naghibolhosseini , Mohsen Zayernouri

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

Wildfire is one of the biggest disasters that frequently occurs on the west coast of the United States. Many efforts have been made to understand the causes of the increases in wildfire intensity and frequency in recent years. In this work,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Tanqiu Jiang , Sidhant K. Bendre , Hanjia Lyu , Jiebo Luo

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 electric power infrastructure increasingly susceptible to impacts from climate-driven natural disasters, there is an increasing need for optimization algorithms that determine where to harden the power grid. Prior work has primarily…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Ryan Piansky , Daniel K. Molzahn , Nicole D. Jackson , J. Kyle Skolfield
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