APIC Workshop 2021

Overview

Creating System Resilience in Power Generation and Delivery

In this workshop, Dr. Lefsrud and her team will draw from research to describe risk management systems, resiliency principles, and how these promote process safety and occupational/public safety. They will discuss obvious and non-obvious hidden hazards in electricity generation and delivery, what blinds organizations to these, and how organizations can become better equipped to identify, prevent, and mitigate them. This includes using data analytics and AI/machine learning and methods of visualizing failure modes and integrating management systems. To illustrate these principles and tools, they will use the February 2021 ice storm in Texas to examine what measures would improve system resiliency.

Agenda

1. 09:00 AMCase study of Texas Ice Storm Review of handouts, show videos, analyze case study, discuss findings
2. 09:20 AMIntroduce key concepts: loss types, hazards and hazard identification, risk assessment and evaluation, risk management
3. 09:50 AMBreak
4. 10:00 AMCase study FLRA: system hazards & associated risks (20 minutes to analyze, 20 minutes to present to group)
5. 10:50 AMBreak
6. 11:00 AMUncovering hidden hazards How can hazards be better recognized? More effectively characterized, evaluated, and managed. Use tools (15 minutes) and report back (15 minutes)
7. 12:00 PMLunch Break
8. 12:45 PMBuilding resilience in your risk management system Resilience principles (Lianne) – 10 minutes Power system perspectives on resilience (Akhtar) – 15 minutes Hybrid systems – gas, wind, etc. (Nastaran) – 20 minutes Use of data analytics, AI, machine learning – Epcor data (Fereshteh) – 20 minutes Application of resilience principles to case study (15 minutes) and report back (15 minutes)
9. 02:00 PMBreak
10. 02:10 PMHow can we better communicate risks? (10 minutes) Identifying your stakeholders in the case study (5 minutes) Sandman’s outrage factors (10 minutes) Applying outrage to your case study (5 minutes) Risk communication – amplification and attenuation (10 minutes) Applying these principles to your case study (10 minutes) and report back (20 minutes)
11. 03:30 PMHow can we better motivate decision-makers to invest in risk management – group discussion (30 minutes)
12. 04:00 PMConclusion