Structural vulnerability of the North American power grid

Réka Albert; István Albert; Gary L. Nakarado

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.69.025103

Structural vulnerability of the North American power grid

Réka Albert, István Albert, Gary L. Nakarado

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The North American power grid from a network perspective is discussed. The magnitude of the August 2003 blackout which affected the United States is also discussed. It has put the challenges of energy distribution and transmission into limelight. The ability to transfer power between consumers and generators when certain nodes are disrupted is determined. It is found that the power grid is robust to most perturbations.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	025103
Pages (from-to)	025103-1-025103-4
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	69
Issue number	2 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.69.025103
State	Published - Feb 2004

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Statistics and Probability
Condensed Matter Physics

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