PARSG Modeling
Grid Resilience Modeling
Challenge
Investing in a resilient grid does not fit the traditional regulatory framework
Traditional focus
- Reliability – investing to maintain day-to-day operations.
- Many metrics exist and are commonly used by regulators nationwide
New problem
- Resiliency – Investing to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions, and to withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions
- Widely accepted metrics do not exist
Approach
- Examine the impact of recent hurricanes in North Carolina
- Consider impacts in three scenarios:
- Scenario 1: Current grid
- Scenario 2: Proposed grid improvement plan
- Scenario 3: More resilient technologies; i.e. increased distributed generation, microgrids, mini-grids, etc.
- The framework for the energy system resiliency planning will be based on Sandia National Laboratory’s Resilience Analysis Process