Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA

Power outages threaten public health. While outages will likely increase with climate change, an aging electrical grid, and increased energy demand, little is known about their frequency and distribution within states. Here, we characterize 2018–2020 outages, finding an average of 520 million custom...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 2470 - 13
Main Authors:	Do, Vivian, McBrien, Heather, Flores, Nina M., Northrop, Alexander J., Schlegelmilch, Jeffrey, Kiang, Mathew V., Casey, Joan A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.04.2023 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	692/499 704/172 706/4066 Climate Change Cyclones Disaster management Disasters Electric power Electric power grids Emergency preparedness Energy demand Epidemiology Extreme weather Hot Temperature Humanities and Social Sciences Medical equipment Michigan multidisciplinary Outages Power failures Public Health Resource allocation Science Science (multidisciplinary) Social Vulnerability Spatial distribution Temporal distribution Tropical cyclones Weathering Michigan United States > US
ISSN:	2041-1723, 2041-1723
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