Abstract
The growing frequency of power outages has prompted increased interest in developing a more resilient power grid that can quickly recover from weather-related damage. At the distribution level, power restoration is a complex, multi-stage process involving multiple response entities. Providing utility stakeholders, government regulators, and the public with information about outage duration and estimated time to restoration is crucial. The research employs a multi-agent simulation approach, which allows for the simulation of decision-making behaviors among different entities and the incorporation of various uncertainties. Specifically, the study uses the open-source simulation package Mesa-Geo in conjunction with the Python language and constructs a road network using the open-source network extension pgRouting for routing queries. The research design includes several experiments focused on Florida as a case study, comparing repair crew sizes, power outage numbers, and road damage scenarios. The findings could offer valuable managerial guidance on resource allocation in the restoration process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 2849-2859 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9798350369663 |
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| State | Published - 2023 |
| Event | 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023 - San Antonio, United States Duration: Dec 10 2023 → Dec 13 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference |
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| ISSN (Print) | 0891-7736 |
Conference
| Conference | 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Antonio |
| Period | 12/10/23 → 12/13/23 |
Funding
BANDANA KAR is a Technology Policy Fellow in the Building Technologies office of the U.S. Department of Energy. Her research focuses on energy and urban resilience, risk analysis and communication, social vulnerability assessment, mobility and accessibility modeling, and energy and climate security and justice. Her expertise are in geoinformatics and spatial data science, remote sensing, image and data fusion, geosimulation and geovisualization. She has been funded by NSF, DHS, NASA and DOE, and is a member of AAAS, AGU, AAG, ACM, ASPRS, and the President Elect of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Her email address is [email protected].