Operating the power grid during a pandemic: COVID-19 experiences

H. Chen, M. Bryson, D. Sharafi, S. Rossi, S.R. Narasimhan, L.A. Barroso

IEEE Power and Energy Magazine Vol. 20, nº. 6, pp. 26 - 37

Summary:

In early 2020, COVID-19 started to impact society at a global scale. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020, and the world faced the most significant health problem of the last 100 years. The pandemic and its lockdown measures caused significant disruptions to society and the economy. Electricity is essential to modern society and the power grid is considered the most critical infrastructure, with essentially all other infrastructure dependent on it. Maintaining grid reliability and resilience was paramount during the pandemic.

Spanish layman's summary:

Este artículo captura experiencias operativas sobre la operación de energía en los sistemas de energía de Brasil, PJM, India, Australia e Italia durante esta pandemia.

English layman's summary:

This article captures operational experiences on the power operation in the power systems of Brazil, PJM, India, Australia and Italy during this pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 , Pandemics , Power systems reliability , Power grids , Critical infrastructure , Power generation , Resilience

JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 2,800 - Q2 (2022); 3,100 - Q2 (2023)

DOI reference: https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2022.3199894

Published on paper: November 2022.

Published on-line: October 2022.

Citation:
H. Chen, M. Bryson, D. Sharafi, S. Rossi, S.R. Narasimhan, L.A. Barroso, Operating the power grid during a pandemic: COVID-19 experiences. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. Vol. 20, nº. 6, pp. 26 - 37, November 2022. [Online: October 2022]