1 code implementation • 6 Jun 2023 • Sofia Taylor, Gabriela Setyawan, Bai Cui, Ahmed Zamzam, Line A. Roald
As climate change increases the risk of large-scale wildfires, wildfire ignitions from electric power lines are a growing concern.
no code implementations • 18 Apr 2023 • Maitreyee Marathe, Line A. Roald
With this group of customers in mind, we propose an optimization-based energy management framework to effectively use a limited budget and avoid the disruptions and fees associated with disconnections.
1 code implementation • 9 Oct 2022 • Sofia Taylor, Aditya Rangarajan, Noah Rhodes, Jonathan Snodgrass, Bernie Lesieutre, Line A. Roald
This paper presents the California Test System (CATS), a synthetic transmission grid in California that can be used by the public for power systems policy research without revealing any critical energy information.
no code implementations • 19 Jul 2022 • Kshitij Girigoudar, Ashley M. Hou, Line A. Roald
The growing penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is leading to continually changing operating conditions, which need to be managed efficiently by distribution grid operators.
no code implementations • 17 Jun 2022 • David K. Sehloff, Line A. Roald
With increasing prevalence of severe natural hazards and the ignition of wildfires by power lines, many power system planners are considering converting overhead lines to underground cables to mitigate risks related to these events.
no code implementations • 13 Apr 2022 • Weiqi Zhang, Line A. Roald, Victor M. Zavala
An obstacle that arises here is the lack of computationally-tractable DC operation models that can capture objectives, constraints, and information flows that arise at the interface of DCs and the power grid.
no code implementations • 2 Mar 2022 • Julia Lindberg, Bernard C. Lesieutre, Line A. Roald
An increasing focus on the electricity use and carbon emissions associated with computing has lead to pledges by major cloud computing companies to lower their carbon footprint.
1 code implementation • 14 Oct 2021 • Sofia Taylor, Line A. Roald
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.
1 code implementation • 23 Jan 2018 • Yeesian Ng, Sidhant Misra, Line A. Roald, Scott Backhaus
Although the number of possible bases is exponential in the size of the system, we show that only a few of them are relevant to system operation.
Optimization and Control