Weather-Driven Resilience for Distribution Systems
Jun 12, 2025·
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Abodh Poudyal
Abstract
With increasing billion dollar disasters due to weather events, it is of utmost priority for utility and grid operators to maintain and enhance the resilience of distribution grid. Traditionally, such analysis were conducted with reliability metrics alone. However, with increasing complexity of distribution grid and advancements in grid edge resources, evaluating grid resilience is challenging and involves multi-faceted analysis of the impact of weather events on the distribution grid. This presentation provides background, details, and future works in the field of weather-driven resilience for power distribution systems.
Type
Publication
Utility and Grid Operator Power System Resources Webinar Series
Billion-Dollar Disasters
Distribution Grid Resilience
Distribution Resilience Metrics
Investment Prioritization
Weather-Driven Resilience
Authors
Sr. Software Power Systems Engineer
Abodh Poudyal is a Senior Software Power Systems Engineer at Electric Power Engineers, LLC, where he leads efforts in developing automated solutions for grid modernization, resilience, and reliability.
Abodh is passionate about advancing the future of power systems through innovative software solutions. With over nine years of experience, Abodh specializes in automating grid operations and developing scalable tools for utilities.
His expertise spans power system analysis, operations research, machine learning, high-performance computing, and software develpoment. Before joining EPE, Abodh worked as a researcher with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (now known as the National Laboratory of the Rockies). He is also actively involved as a secretary of the IEEE Modern and Future Distribution Systems Planning Working Group.
His expertise spans power system analysis, operations research, machine learning, high-performance computing, and software develpoment. Before joining EPE, Abodh worked as a researcher with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (now known as the National Laboratory of the Rockies). He is also actively involved as a secretary of the IEEE Modern and Future Distribution Systems Planning Working Group.