Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid

Details Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid

2004-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0410318v1

Eur. Phys. J. B 46 (2005) 101.

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

6 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjb/e2005-00237-9

The North American power grid is one of the most complex technological networks, and its interconnectivity allows both for long-distance power transmission and for the propagation of disturbances. We model the power grid using its actual topology and plausible assumptions about the load and overload of transmission substations. Our results indicate that the loss of a single substation can lead to a 25% loss of transmission efficiency by triggering an overload cascade in the network. We systematically study the damage inflicted by the loss of single nodes, and find three universal behaviors, suggesting that 40% of the transmission substations lead to cascading failures when disrupted. While the loss of a single node can inflict substantial damage, subsequent removals have only incremental effects, in agreement with the topological resilience to less than 1% node loss.

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