Wildfire Mitigation Plans in Power Systems: A Literature Review

Some of the deadliest wildfires in the U.S., such as California's 2018 wildfires, have been ignited by power systems. In an effort to prevent and minimize the ignition of wildfires, or control them if ignited, energy companies have developed wildfire mitigation plans. This paper provides energy...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power systems 2022-09, Vol.37 (5), p.3540-3551
Main Authors: Vazquez, Daniel A. Zuniga, Qiu, Feng, Fan, Neng, Sharp, Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asset management
Companies
Decision making
ENGINEERING
Indexes
Inspection
Literature reviews
Meteorology
Power systems
Public safety
Public safety power shutoff
risk-spend efficiency
Safety
Safety management
Situational awareness
State-of-the-art reviews
Vegetation mapping
wildfire mitigation plan
Wildfires
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Summary:Some of the deadliest wildfires in the U.S., such as California's 2018 wildfires, have been ignited by power systems. In an effort to prevent and minimize the ignition of wildfires, or control them if ignited, energy companies have developed wildfire mitigation plans. This paper provides energy companies and power system operators, engineers, researchers, and suppliers an overview of the state-of-the-art studies that address key topics in these wildfire mitigation plans and compares the wildfire mitigation plans of several energy companies. The key topics include grid design and system hardening, asset management and inspection, situational awareness and forecasting, operational response, vegetation management, public safety power shutoff, and risk-spend efficiency. This paper also presents a comparison of several energy companies' decision-making criteria for initiating a public safety power shutoff. Finally, we discuss opportunities for future research studies that could help energy companies prevent wildfire ignitions.
ISSN:0885-8950
1558-0679
DOI:10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3142086