Tools for Keeping Your Power ON During Extreme Events

PI: Anurag Srivastava

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Sponsor: Commercialization Gap Fund/WSU

Award Amount: $37,948

Project Period: 01/2021 – 12/2023

Summary: Power system operators struggle to keep the power on during extreme events caused by bad weather or cyber-attack, and advanced tools are needed to help them in keeping your power ON. The cost of a prolonged power outage caused by cyber attacks is likely to be included in the range of $36 billion to $156 billion. We are developing software tools for predictive power outage management and decision support during extreme events: CP-TRAM for transmission grid Operators and CANVASS for distribution grid operators. These tools minimize cyberattacks’ impact on critical facilities by leveraging power engineering concepts and open source technologies in simulations, machine learning, and data visualization.