Power Grid Resilience
Volume 105, Issue 7 | July 2017
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Special Issue Papers
Scanning the Issue: Power Grid Resilience
By J. Wang and H. Gharavi
Power Systems Resilience Assessment: Hardening and Smart Operational Enhancement Strategies
By M. Panteli, D. N. Trakas, P. Mancarella, and N. D. Hatziargyriou
This paper provides a power system resilience assessment framework for system hardening and operational enhancement.
Resilience-Oriented Pre-Hurricane Resource Allocation in Distribution Systems Considering Electric Buses
By H. Gao, Y. Chen, S. Mei, S. Huang, and Y. Xu
This paper proposes a pre-hurricane resource allocation method consider- ing generation fuel, batteries, and electric buses.
An Integrated Approach for Power System Restoration Planning
By F. Qiu and P. Li
This paper describes a novel integrated approach for bulk power system restoration.
Battling the Extreme: A Study on the Power System Resilience
By Z. Bie, Y. Lin, G. Li, and F. Li
This paper presents a load restoration framework based on distribution automation technologies.
Modernizing Distribution System Restoration to Achieve Grid Resiliency Against Extreme Weather Events: An Integrated Solution
By C. Chen, J. Wang and D. Ton
This paper aims to design a decision support tool for closed-loop distribu- tion system restoration.
Networked Microgrids for Enhancing the Power System Resilience
By Z. Li, M. Shahidehpour, F. Aminifar, A. Alabdulwahab, and Y. Al-Turki
This paper discusses how to form a networked microgrid cluster for improving power system resilience.
Distributed Power-Generation Systems and Protection
By F. Blaabjerg, Y. Yang, D. Yang, and X. Wang
This paper investigates the role of distributed power generation in power grid resilience improvement and the associated protection issues.
Microgrid Protection
By A. Hooshyar and R. Iravani
This paper focuses on the new requirements of microgrid protection in comparison with the traditional subtransmission and transmission protection systems.
Resilience of Energy Infrastructure and Services: Modeling, Data Analytics, and Metrics
By C. Ji, Y. Wei, and H. V. Poor
This paper discusses data analytics-based power grid resilience modeling and the relevant metrics.
Cybersecurity in Distributed Power Systems
By Z. Li, M. Shahidehpour, and F. Aminifar
This paper addresses cybersecurity issues in distributed power systems, in particular, microgrids.
Cyber-Physical Attack-Resilient Wide-Area Monitoring, Protection, and Control for the Power Grid
By A. Ashok, M. Govindarasu, and J. Wang
This paper proposes a comprehensive attack-resilience wide-area monitor- ing, protection, and control framework with a layered defense-in-depth approach.
Synchrophasor Sensor Networks for Grid Communication and Protection
By H. Gharavi and B. Hu
This paper focuses on using synchrophasor data to improve the effective- ness of grid protection and reducing outages.
Hurricanes and Power System Reliability-The Effects of Individual Decisions and System-Level Hardening
By A. C. Reilly, G. L. Tonn, C. Zhai, and S. D. Guikema
This paper discusses a novel perspective on how individual decisions can collectively affect system-level hardening through an integrated outage-prediction and agent-based model.
Demand-Side Resiliency and Electricity Continuity: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Japan
By H. Aki
This paper discusses the experiences and lessons learned from Japan using demand-side resources to improve electricity continuity.
Point of View
Intellectual Property and Universities: A Path Forward
By E. William Cowell III and Jeffrey H. Reed

Scanning Our Past
Aerospace Needs, Microelectronics, and the Quest for Reliability, 1962-1975
By Paul E. Ceruzzi
