Distribution System Resilience Assessment Considering PV Vulnerabilities for Hurricane Events

Soroush Vahedi; Alaa Selim; Junbo Zhao; Jin Dong; Jianming Lian

doi:10.1109/PESGM52009.2025.11225514

Distribution System Resilience Assessment Considering PV Vulnerabilities for Hurricane Events

Soroush Vahedi
, Alaa Selim
, Junbo Zhao
, Jin Dong
, Jianming Lian

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Abstract

Distribution networks are increasingly vulnerable to damage and outages from extreme weather events. The integration of solar photovoltaics (PVs) further complicates resilience analysis due to its weather-dependent nature. However, limited research has examined the impacts of weather on PVs under severe events like hurricanes. This paper proposes a probabilistic framework to assess distribution system resilience considering PV vulnerabilities during hurricanes. The framework incorporates (i) a spatiotemporal fragility model to evaluate failure probabilities for distribution lines and PVs, and (ii) resilience indices at both system and component levels. The approach offers valuable insights into the resilience of modern distribution grids under extreme weather conditions. Numerical results on the unbalanced IEEE 123-bus test system validate the effectiveness of the framework.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2025
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331509958
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM52009.2025.11225514
State	Published - 2025
Event	2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2025 - Austin, United States Duration: Jul 27 2025 → Jul 31 2025

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Name	IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
ISSN (Print)	1944-9925
ISSN (Electronic)	1944-9933

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Conference	2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	07/27/25 → 07/31/25

Funding

This work is supported by the US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technology Office and the Advanced Grid Modeling Program.

Keywords

Distribution systems
PV vulnerability
resilience assessment
spatio-temporal fragility models

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Vahedi, S, Selim, A, Zhao, J, Dong, J & Lian, J 2025, Distribution System Resilience Assessment Considering PV Vulnerabilities for Hurricane Events. in 2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2025. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, IEEE Computer Society, 2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2025, Austin, United States, 07/27/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM52009.2025.11225514

Distribution System Resilience Assessment Considering PV Vulnerabilities for Hurricane Events. / Vahedi, Soroush; Selim, Alaa; Zhao, Junbo et al.
2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2025. IEEE Computer Society, 2025. (IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting).

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