Risk analysis for distribution systems in the northeast U.S. under wind storms

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 889-898

  Li, Gengfeng ^a,b   Zhang, Peng ^b   Luh, Peter B ^b   Li, Wenyuan ^c   Bie, Zhaohong ^a   Serna, Camilo ^d   Zhao, Zhibing ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^d Northeast Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical facilities; distribution reliability; hardening planning; hazard; hurricane; wind storm

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACILITIES; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISTRIBUTION RELIABILITY; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S; POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL MONTE CARLO METHODS; WIND STORMS;

DISASTER PREVENTION; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; HARDENING; HAZARDS; HURRICANES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

STORMS;

EID: 84897611905     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2286171     Document Type: Article

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