Assessing the Impact of Wildfires on the California Electricity Grid
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF WILDFIRES ON THE CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY GRID A Report for: California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment Prepared By: 1 2 Larry Dale, Michael Carnall, and Max Wei , Gary Fitts , Sarah 3 Lewis McDonald 1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2Greenware Technologies 3Envision Geo DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as the result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, its employees, or the State of California. The Energy Commission, the State of California, its employees, contractors, and subcontractors make no warrant, express or implied, and assume no legal liability for the information in this report; nor does any party represent that the uses of this information will not infringe upon privately owned rights. This report has not been approved or disapproved by the California Energy Commission; nor has the California Energy Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the information in this report. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor August 2018 CCCA4-CEC-2018-002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We appreciate this opportunity to thank the many people who assisted us on this project. These include the administrative staff at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. They helped us write our proposal, manage our budget, and deal with day-to-day frustrations with tireless grace. Research staff at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory gave us much unpaid advice about the California electricity system. We would particularly like to thank Nikit Abhyankar, Guilia Gallo, Xinguang Cui, and Jeffrey Greenblatt for their help in modeling the California grid. Special mention must be given to several university and state or federal agency people on the project.
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