3 papers
eess.SY2025
Optimizing Battery and Line Undergrounding Investments for Transmission Systems under Wildfire Risk Scenarios: A Benders Decomposition Approach
Ryan Piansky, Rahul K. Gupta, Daniel K. Molzahn
With electric power infrastructure posing an increasing risk of igniting wildfires under continuing climate change, utilities are frequently de-energizing power lines to mitigate w…
eess.SY2025
Evaluating Undergrounding Decisions for Wildfire Ignition Risk Mitigation across Multiple Hazards
Ryan Piansky, Daniel K. Molzahn, Nicole D. Jackson +1
With electric power infrastructure increasingly susceptible to impacts from climate-driven natural disasters, there is an increasing need for optimization algorithms that determine…
eess.SY2024
Long Duration Battery Sizing, Siting, and Operation Under Wildfire Risk Using Progressive Hedging
Ryan Piansky, Georgia Stinchfield, Alyssa Kody +2
Battery sizing and siting problems are computationally challenging due to the need to make long-term planning decisions that are cognizant of short-term operational decisions. This…