Reliability Technology Issues and Needs Assessment
CERTS research on reliability technologies and needs has several objectives. It pinpoints emerging critical concerns that affect electric power system reliability, identifies technology R&D areas related to these critical issues, and facilitates planning for federal participation in this R&D. The issues studied by CERTS are public interest electricity reliability issues that are unlikely to be pursued by other participants in the electricity industry; they include:
- Determining the current health of the national electricity transmission grid and identifying strategies to address grid reliability;
- Developing effective real-time measures of electricity grid reliability and wholesale market efficiency;
- Assessing current bottlenecks in the national electricity transmission system and finding effective strategies to mitigate them;
- Testing a national program that monitors the quality and reliability of power supplied by the U.S. electricity grid as well as the economic impact of power outages; and
- Identifying technology needed for a future, smart, switchable electricity grid.
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Completed study of the economic value of reliability. (581 KB PDF, 148 pp) |
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Participated in U.S.- Canada Power System Outage Task Force (Download Options) |
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Provided technical support for DOE's National Transmission Grid Study. (Download Options) |
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Participated in Secretary of Energy's Power Outage Study Team. (Download Multiple Documents) |
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| IEEE-CERTS Conference: Ensuring Electric Power Reliability: The Challenges Ahead |
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Prepared Grid of the Future white papers in support of federal R&D planning. (Download Multiple Documents) |
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Contacts:
Joseph Eto
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(510) 486-7284