ESIC Seminar Banunarayaanan Nov 28

Challenges for Electric Power Supply Reliability and Resiliency in a Changing Environment
The grid is evolving with increasing distributed generation, controllable loads, and continued electrification while its performance challenged by cyber/physical threats, natural hazards and increasing uncertainty in power supply and consumption patterns. There is a demonstrated need to closely monitor this evolution, and ensure that processes and solutions are in place to maintain the reliability and resiliency of electric power supply. Reliability and Resiliency both have various aspects to them but fundamentally imply a need for coordinated planning, understanding the broad spectrum of impacts from loss of electricity, recognizing the increasing interdependency between electric grid and other infrastructures, and preparing for possible outcomes learnt through scenario-based analyses. This talk will discuss impacts of key factors such as the transition from central to distributed generation, increase in cyber/physical attacks and natural disasters, and the value of scenario-based, coordinated planning to maintain reliable and resilient electricity.