Natural gas fuel starvation at large power plants in the U.S. and the effect of gas delivery arrangements on reliability
Natural gas fuel starvation at large power plants in the U.S. and the effect of gas delivery arrangements on reliability
Gerad Freeman, Jay Apt & John Moura
36th USAEE/IAEE North America Conference
Washington, D.C.
September 25, 2018
Power plant failures are correlated with each other
Planners use historical data to anticipate the amount of power plant capacity needed. • They previously assumed that power plants fail independently.
• In 2018, Murphy et al. showed that this assumption was violated in most regions
• This could lead to increased risks of blackouts.
• They did not identify why there were correlated power plant failures.
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